rubber band

Example Sentences

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But sometimes a disturbance can cause the polar vortex to stretch like a rubber band.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

Its price is now over 100% above its 200-day moving average, which means the “proverbial rubber band is extremely stretched,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 25, 2026

"Think of it like a rubber band being pulled," Judah Cohen, a climate dynamics scientist at MIT, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

At the same time, it behaves elastically, meaning it can bend and partially return to its original shape, similar to a rubber band.

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026

He looked at Katie as he took the rubber band off the money.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith