crest
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Nonetheless, the Greens did very well in local elections in London in May, riding the crest of a political wave which began shortly after Polanski became the party's leader just over a year ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
A dress made of glass bubbles, foam on a crest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
We feel like, leave on the crest of the wave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
It’s big, too, nearly 10 miles long, and peaky, with some squat concrete buildings up at the crest of one of the hills, and a single telegraph pole.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
The canoe rose up on the crest of a wave, and the next thing I knew we were roller-coastering down the slope, faster and faster, headed straight for the rocky protrusions.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Neill Hunter owns Scotcrest in Port Glasgow, which makes commemorative plaques, clan crests and other memorabilia.
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
It was only after returning in 2022 with a larger team and uncovering two more crests that the researchers understood they were dealing with a new species.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
Ranchers like Kemp who support the laws say it is a birthright to brand cattle with their family crests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
“Dow crests 30,000 points on vaccine hopes, Biden transition,” the Sioux City Journal of Iowa wrote on Nov. 25, 2020, in its page D1 article.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
The sun was glowing orange now, clipping the mountains’ purple crests.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
It is now spreading across Australia, most recently killing more than 1,000 crested terns and a long-nosed fur seal, the first detection in a mainland mammal.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Laboratory testing confirmed the disease had infected a greater crested tern in the town of Robe, South Australia.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Locals have claimed that rare albino deer, great crested newts and badgers all roamed the field prior to it being built on.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
Eventually the rate of inflation crested at a record 13.5% in 1980, capping off nearly a decade of runaway prices.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
It was larger than an eagle, its breast saffron, its head crested with scarlet, and its tail purple.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
In January, worries were cresting that AI was going to quickly disrupt big software companies like Salesforce and ServiceNow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
A subtle wave of shame rises — small but persistent — cresting as you imagine your child saying, or your partner thinking, “We’re having this again?”
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
New data-center designs are cresting one gigawatt in power consumption, the entire capacity of a nuclear reactor.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
In further clips, that small cloud gets darker and flames can later be seen cresting over the hilltop.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025
Large mirrors appeared on the cavern walls, cresting overhead.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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