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Instead, it has an oddly shaped chunk of metal at its heart, spinning inside an oblong chamber in which the usual cycle of compression, combustion and exhaust takes place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Built on an oblong lot overlooking Studio City, the four-bedroom home was conceived by Soriano as an all-aluminium structure for Albert Grossman, an aluminium manufacturer and contractor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025

The most famous visual landmark associated with Singapore is probably the Marina Bay Sands, with Moshe Safdie’s oblong, swimmable rooftop straddling three buildings.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025

The smallest of its windowless chambers was an irregular oblong box which was commonly referred to as "the Coffin", and was believed to be Robert Burns' favoured seat in the Tavern.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024

It was an oblong wire cage with a handle on top for carrying it by.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Finally, after the umpteenth tilt, the mercury sparks, filling the oblongs with an eerie, flickering, mesmerizing blue glow.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

Most of Engida’s canvases are crowded with women in domestic scenes, their faces rendered in simple black lines, except for the bright red oblongs that often represent lips.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020

“My sense of proportion tells me that oblongs are more attractive than squares, just as…a greyhound is more graceful than an English bulldog,” Mr. Earl wrote in a 1954 essay in the Saturday Evening Post.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2018

Each key came in a safe-deposit box envelope, those small, stiff oblongs that close with a reassuring snap.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2013

The mirrors have been replaced here too by oblongs of dull gray metal, but the urinals are still there, on one wall, white enamel with yellow stains.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood