sheer
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Or was his quest for power rooted in sheer petty selfishness?
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Some have been classic poacher goals, others arriving at the right place at the right time in the box and then those moments of sheer individual brilliance with power, pace and skill on display.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The sheer amount of music to arrange and assemble for this was vast and demanding, and they got to all of it from 1996’s “Bottle Rocket” to the present.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Cyclospora is not a new pathogen by any stretch, but the sheer numbers here are surprising, even to health officials.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Earlier, after Connor and Mom came back from the store, he pushed the sheer curtains open.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
What kept these lipsticks from looking dated is that they tended to be stains, not thick creams or dry mattes, with a sheerer, lighter texture than one would traditionally associate with such intense hues.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2013
So he had a sheerer version tested and sold it in drugstores under the brand names Chez La Femme and Silky Legs.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2011
Once I got the hang of twisting it just a little, then I got sheerer coverage, but it seemed difficult to do it right.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2010
WOMEN'S stocking makers are engaged in fierce competition to get sheerer and sheerer hose on the market.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wore his signature royal blue robe, but as Rowan got closer, he could see it was a sheerer variation than the one he had worn at conclave.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
They were anchored to the north face of Mount Jannu, one of the world’s biggest, sheerest rock walls.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Some will dismiss the concept as sheerest fantasy, or see in Raymond Shaw just a nuclear-age version of that older, less complicated Frankenstein’s monster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
But it would be sheerest hubris to assume those are the only concerns.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2017
By the sheerest coincidence, his name was also Joe Russo.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2015
April and Melanie and Marshall were on their way home through the alley when, by the sheerest luck, Melanie noticed the loose plank.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Even when tasked to outfit the girls in monotone uniforms, the costume designer Shirley Kurata adds individuality with textures of sheers, cutouts and pleats.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Vice President Kamala Harris, Ella Emhoff, helped the designer showcase his line of soft sheers coupled next to metallics and liquid-like gloves and leggings.
From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2022
The skirt of the season is made in three tiers, like confections, mixing up leather, knits, velvet and sheers, sometimes adorned with sequins and rhinestones.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
Grieu recommends hanging sheers behind heavier window treatments.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022
When our guns became useless, the crew had been set to work to clear the wreck of the mainmast, and to prepare sheers for a jury foremast.
From James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
Several news outlets showed video of a light blue Ferrari 812 Superfast with one of its wheels and side bumpers sheered off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
A bed complete with its patterned sheet and pillow visible inside a room whose outside wall had been sheered clean away showed the scale of the task ahead.
From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2023
Images from the area showed a segment of the steep, green side of the peak known as Chiquihuite sheered off above a field of giant rubble with closely packed homes remaining on either side.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
Mr. Lux said most county election offices received little damage — except in Bay County, home of Panama City, where wind sheered off its roof — and computer servers and voting machines remained intact.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2018
Sometimes he sheered off the subject, or turned the conversation by pretending not to understand; but generally he answered all I asked most frankly.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
All of this sheering is a symptom of just how much fast fashion has reshaped our wardrobes.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024
In any case, I would prefer not to deal with such questions, because it will turn out the same as sheering a pig – lots of squealing, little wool.”
From Time ● Jun. 25, 2013
It’s not what most highlanders have in mind: “We want to make the final products,” says Delfina Apaza, rubbing her hands after hours of manual sheering.
From Time ● Dec. 30, 2012
Suddenly, just after 7:20, the van lurched away from the monument, sheering off a flagpole next to the obelisk.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oddly enough the other horse seemed also to be sheering away to the left, so that in a few seconds the space between them had widened a good deal.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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