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lithe

[lahyth] / laɪð /


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Soprano Elena Villalón added lithe touch to Klärchen’s songs, sung in their original German.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

The lithe physique of the rubber man of tennis enabled him to chase down seemingly lost causes and he combined a brutally efficient game with a rock-solid defence.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

The cast includes William Warfield, Leontyne Price and Cab Calloway, who at one point is shown scat-singing in a Vienna tavern, a born entertainer caught in a wonderfully loose, lithe and swinging performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

If there’s one person who knows how to let a particularly awful year glide off her lithe, pilates-perfect back, it’s Gwyneth Paltrow.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2025

Petra stood in the pond, her lithe back to Tiara.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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