gossamer

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The bite of raw carrot or a gossamer slice of fennel offers a freshness that roasted beets or steamed sweet potatoes simply can't match.

From Salon • May 4, 2025

Billie Eilish's gossamer ballad Birds of a Feather is a similar masterclass in songcraft - making this category one of the hardest to predict.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

To see the familiar faces, to hear the old story, to think about the old song — such remembrances tether us, however frayed and fragile the gossamer of grief, to a world transformed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

Princeton researchers have learned to harness the gossamer scaffolding that maintains the structure of living cells and used it to develop a nanotechnology platform.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2024

“I came away in rather a hurry,” he said to Mrs. Van Hopper, a line, thin as gossamer, between his brows.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier