fluff
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Medicine and science were serious; communication was fluff.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
Davies said fledglings would "glide like a kite" once they lost their fluff and got their primary feathers, and were shown the ropes by the older generation.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Most recent media articles about Trinity are AI-generated fluff while there are thousands about Apple and its products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
After losing their clutch, the eagles brought sticks, fluff and prey to the nest, and mated — all signs new eggs might come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
They’d already lost their fluff and were covered with silky feathers.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Yeh categorizes sweet salads with affection and a wink: cookie salads, Jell-O salads, candy bar salads, fluffs.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2025
“I realized these fluffs were dead mice that were melted into our oven that I had fed our family with for four years,” she said.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2022
Federer seems safe at 40-15, is pulled back to 40-30, and then deuce when he fluffs his lines and nets a weak backhand.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2020
His white hair fluffs out above his tanned face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2019
Silvery fluffs of snow were melting off the branches of tall elms and would be replaced in a few weeks with stubby, pale green buds.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
James, who had fluffed his first run, was next to go and punched the air with his trademark red gloves but his score of 93.50 was only enough to lift him into the silver position.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
After pop star Anne-Marie's frenetic pre-match show, England fluffed their own first lines, failing to catch the kick-off.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
Short answer: Syrupy oil fluffed into a semi-solid.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2025
“If it doesn’t get fluffed enough, the material starts to compact and it starts to break down, what’s called anaerobically, which is without oxygen,” said the spa’s general manager, Heather Bishop.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2025
The wool fluffed and stuck to her fingers and snarled in clumps.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Heading into the free skate section in the lead, Malinin capitulated, fluffing his signature quad axel jump and falling twice to the ice to plummet to eighth spot overall.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
The eagle awoke and shook out its feathers, fluffing the straw surrounding the trio of eggs as the camera zoomed in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
Fundamentally, Arteta isn't the one fluffing chances and missing penalties - it's more a story of individuals underdelivering.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2025
So now Saka’s getting bashed for fluffing his résumé — the firefighters called it a “lie” — when Saka didn’t have anything to do with it.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
He preens on the railing, raising his beak majestically, fluffing his feathers.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
