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“There’s going to be more new ones coming in and the earlier ones are going to get taller and older. And that’s just classic natural progression.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 28, 2025

Examples of the form: One of TCL’s DragonHinge prototypes Something we could all agree to call it: not nearly bendy enough to fit in a pocket The screen stretches to get taller.

From The Verge Mar. 15, 2019

The last two years, I’ve been telling him to eat more and try to bulk up or get taller, but it hasn’t worked.

From New York Times Sep. 21, 2018

She looks thinner, but she just turned 11 and kids that age get taller, thin out.

From Washington Post Sep. 14, 2018

“Half of those stories are just tall tales, and they get taller with every year that passes,” said Enoch.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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