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Korkejian translates it as: “Waves, waves fold over, and send her scent to me, from the rugged cliffs of the Mediterranean, to the bars of my balcony.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Meanwhile, sales of the genre in the UK have increased more than two fold over the past three years.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2023

"The two worlds had to fold over each other. You couldn't just do the '50s followed by the modern day, you had to somehow do them at the same time," said Horowitz.

From Salon Oct. 24, 2022

Therefore, a nucleotide sequence thousands of nucleotides away can fold over and interact with a specific promoter.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over, and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury




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