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squiggly

[skwig-lee] / ˈskwɪg li /


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My earliest memories of slurping those warm, squiggly noodles are from sick days spent nestled under the sheets in my childhood bedroom.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

Elsewhere, the recent single American Girls gained a long, trippy intro, with Styles messing around on an old analogue keyboard, tweaking low pass filters and playing squiggly synth noises.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

Landgraf said Herbert is the most prepared person he has met, recalling the detailed notes filled with Xs and O’s and impossibly precise squiggly lines, as if Herbert’s mind itself was a white board.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2023

The less evenly distributed the squiggly proteins are, the curlier the hair.

From Scientific American Aug. 16, 2023

Look, Auntie, look, her niece would cry, and when she opened her hand there would be a shiny flake of mica to see, or maybe a bisected worm, all squiggly confusion.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Now it looked squigglier but still, thought Aru, like the number two.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Among professional athletes, the trajectories of golfers’ careers are marked by the squiggliest lines, silly string squirted out of a can.

From Washington Post May 5, 2022




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