oval

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The human doctor with 40 years of experience was right—the small oval in my right breast didn’t look “suspicious.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

We note how the small scale, finely drawn swirls of her sleeve are challenged by the suave oval of her face and the emphatic line of her shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Agriculture Minister Jim Fairlie told parliament that the government was confident that greyhound racing "on oval tracks exposes dogs to significant risks that cannot be eliminated by other measures".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

However, a fresh analysis of the gravitational wave event GW200105 revealed that this system was still traveling on an oval shaped path shortly before the two objects combined.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

He looked at the floor, the center of which was covered in a very expensive, very old-looking oval rug.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness