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wax

[waks] / wæks /


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Each of the parts is created with a new wax mold that is made from scratch, according to Kristine Liwag, equity analyst at Morgan Stanley.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

"I just couldn't believe. It was like going to Madame Tussauds but the wax was animated and you could interact with the wax and it talked back to you, it was absolutely mad."

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Rather than simply reusing existing wax, queen cell builders actively collect, modify, and enrich materials used in royal chambers.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

"Surf wax, which we put on the boards, is not available at all in Gaza, so we resort to candle wax so we can keep this sport going," he added.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

Inside there’s a glazed lemon poppy seed doughnut wrapped in thin, white wax paper.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

I’ve waxed poetic about pre-chopped onions as a doorway to weeknight cooking.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

Doing laundry, cleaning the tub, getting your upper lip waxed at a nearby salon — these are all chores that fall into this category.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

In interviews the dapper artist with his trademark flat cap waxed lyrical about the place where he was locked down during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 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

“My aunt gets her eyebrows waxed all the time. How different can it be?”

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

Her voice, paired with Mr. Carey’s writing, creates a beguiling audio backstory for a woman whom time has rendered as unreal as one of her waxen figures.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

“That’s a lie,” was his standard rejoinder, strangely accompanied by a waxen smile that flickered on and off as though set on a faulty timer.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 1, 2023

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

Clutched in both Miss Myrt’s waxen hands was the pointer she slapped the map with or pointed to things with on the blackboard.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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

Online influencer Aniessa Navarro said she felt sick when she realised during a personal waxing session that her technician was wearing Meta's glasses.

From BBC May 13, 2026

Known as the Dragon Slayer, he’s often shown meditating, praying, waxing philosophical, and pontificating on nobility, integrity and honor.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

As life went on, Stanton got well into the intricacies of movement politics: meetings, rivalries, lectures, tactical disputes, the waxing and waning of public support.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

The waxing moon is low, dull as dry blood; a great brownish, iridescent halo surrounds it.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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