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You will tape each end of the tail to where it matches the width of the triangular sections to make a connected long loop.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

In this case, however, the team observed electrons arranging themselves at temperatures near -253°C. Their microscope could resolve structures as small as one hundred-thousandth the width of a human hair.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

Now baseball has coldly defined the strike zone as 17 inches of plate width, 8.5 inches of plate depth, passing between 53.5 and 27% of his height.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

With Bath playing with more width and ruthlessness – nine tries from 17 visits to the Saracens 22m – some of the pre-Six Nations concerns over the defending champions were allayed.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The bluffs forced the river to a narrower width, deeper, and at the same time aimed it through some boulders that had split off either side and dropped in the middle.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen