slinky
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Catherine Jensen Peña, PhD, an assistant professor at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and the study's senior and co-corresponding author, compared DNA inside cells to a coiled slinky.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
The song was a propulsive theme of Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 film “Drive,” a brutal and romantic revenge thriller beloved for its slinky, retro-futuristic soundtrack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Instead of incessant strobes and Charli clad in a slinky skirt, performing solo with no choreography, Johannes proposes backup dancers, green glitter, high wires and harnesses.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
Ellie Saab's runway featured slinky trenches that were tightly belted and Givenchy's designs appeared lighter in colour with bold black buttons and buckles.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
Jenna was already out of the first dress, something black and slinky, and zipping up the second.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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“Stay on That” is one of the slinkier numbers on the album, with rapidly strummed guitars and a wah-wah squawk that recalls Isaac Hayes’s “Theme From Shaft.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
The pianist and composer Lalo Schifrin is best known for TV’s “Mission: Impossible” theme, and “Danube Incident,” created for one of the show’s episodes, is slinkier music to spy to.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2020
The company hinted at a slinkier, less boxy design with its Monograph concept at the New York Auto Show last spring.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2017
So the question must be asked: Are cats just like dogs but in slinkier form, eager and able to be part of the human family?
From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2015
Ms. Torrini reaches for a similar metaphor — “Roar in my heart” — in one of the slinkier tunes on “Tookah,” a near-samba in 5/4 meter.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2013
Jack O’Dell, the slinkiest drummer in town, is packing up his drumsticks.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2022