fitting

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"The name seemed fitting because the posture of the fossil's chelae strongly resembles the group's trademark pose. Stray Kids, I should add, is the favorite band of one of the paper's authors, Fenja Haug."

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Metaxas’s sad attempt to rewrite recent history is fitting.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

How fitting it would be, in terms of an end to the season, that staying with the club should be accompanied by Fernandes taking the record on his own.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Inside a clean, cavernous production hall, the workers rotate through different work stations, sometimes working near robots that handle delicate, high-precision tasks like fitting dozens of tiny steering thrusters into a missile’s nose.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Of course me and Glenn naturally did the work of ten, sweeping, polishing, fitting up the stovepipe: busy as bees, good as gold.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck