elastic
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Segar’s misfit cast: As ever, Popeye is a muscle-bound mumbler and Olive Oyl an elastic lass.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Woodring wrote he remains “cautious” that strength in the first half of the fiscal year leads to “more elastic demand” and weaker second half earnings.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
“God gave me a mother who worked her entire life for me,” said Hernández, who eased on his elastic goofball schtick to exalt immigrant mothers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
He got his patients to wear elastic bands - which simulated resistance - while doing a series of exercises that would strengthen their core.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
He twisted his long hair into a ponytail with an elastic he’d had on his wrist.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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