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The choreographer asked her costume designer, Robert Perdziola, to dress her dancers in a variety of looks, with flouncy tutus for the women in her first movement and limp, longer skirts in the others.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
It conjures something overly marinated, vaguely limp, sitting in the back of a deli case.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
Arsenal limp to semis but Arteta wanted fire - does style matter?
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The Lakers don’t need him showing up in three weeks trying to save this season on a limp and a prayer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
His boat skedaddled up to a rock, hit it catty-cornered, and spun, and Abel was suddenly in the water, without his boat, borne along like a limp rag.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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