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The subtext of their question is the worry that, just as Icarus soared so high that the sun melted his wings of wax, a market that rises too far is prone to crashing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

While Holland refused to give any additional details about the couple’s wedding, he was happy to wax lyrical about his relationship with his co-star, telling Esquire that Zendaya is his “bedrock” and his “best friend.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Blackstone portfolio company Merlin Entertainments, the business behind the Madame Tussauds wax museums and Legoland theme parks, introduced Blackstone to Huskeys, Fletcher said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

This study instead followed where chemicals ended up throughout the colony and examined their effects on the queen, her ovaries, her eggs, and the wax.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

She put it down on the wax paper.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Fun fact: Arnold, Stallone and Hulk Hogan all waxed back then too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Enthusiasm for growing the library has waxed and waned over the years.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

I had also recently waxed poetic about compound butter during a live discussion on summer entertaining.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

While the scene waxed and waned over decades, it’s back in full force with young crowds today.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Sincerely yours, Cara L. Landry At seven-thirty that morning Cara had been on her way through the halls, her shoes squeaking on the newly waxed floors.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements

Most significantly, Flanner reported from the trials at Nuremberg, writing that a group of Nazi prisoners “seem already waxen and posthumous, like museum figures of the members of some nefarious long-ago regime which had failed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

His waxen face was frozen in a perpetual scowl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024

Soon after her fourth birthday, in the summer of 1930, a waxen effigy of Princess Elizabeth made its debut at Madame Tussauds, seated on a pony.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2022

After my mother-in-law passed away in February, her closest relatives never stopped chattering to her, setting out a glass of her favorite beer next to her coffin, applying blush to her waxen cheeks.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2018

But soon the potatoes and the chicken and the carrots had all tasted the same to her, blanched and waxen and gray.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Unfortunately, the Moon will be in the waxing gibbous phase on the night of the 21 October, throwing extra light into the night sky and reducing visibility.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

She said she is also being paid by a local nail salon and waxing parlor—to the tune of $600 per post—for promotions related to her nuptials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Yet despite his affinity for Wallace, none of Randolph’s waxing poetry turns false in the wash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Tim Campbell, CEO of Baillie Gifford—that paradoxically venerable yet go-go Scottish investment house—is waxing eloquent about maybe his favorite stock in the entire universe.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

He saw their yellow eyes waxing and waning in the light, focusing and unfocusing.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury