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ribbon

[rib-uhn] / ˈrɪb ən /


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And she’s recently cut the ribbon on Café do Capa, an open-air capybara-themed stop along the cycling path.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

As the outer masses attracted the inner ones, the torsion balance rotated and twisted the ribbon.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Before that, the 50-year-old artist, who years ago dropped his surname Javacheff, erected a billowing, white “running fence” that curved through California farm lands like a ghostly ribbon dropped by an unseen hand.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The Old Course opened in 2012 and the US president cut the ribbon on the New Course during his four-day private visit to Scotland last summer.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

It was a ribbon of water, dotted with rocks like black turtles raising their backs to the sun.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




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