slender
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Slender Man is a skinny, shadowy figure who has appeared in photos, drawings and articles across the internet.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
Slender 3-to-4-foot stems topped by pendant umbels of ivory, grayed wine and green echo the subtle coloration of the rose.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2023
In “The Slender Thread,” he took on the race-neutral role of a crisis-hotline volunteer.
From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2022
This week it was the backup quarterback, Mike Glennon, who looks like Slender Man’s unassuming cousin and helped Giants fans plumb new depths of despair.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2021
Slender iron rods just two and a half inches thick and eighty feet long linked the rim, or felloe, of each wheel to a “spider” affixed to the axle.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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