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It was the aligot, a gloriously stretchy, cheese-laden French potato dish that’s every bit as decadent as it sounds.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Awad had an unrelenting but self-deprecating sense of humor, and he loved his wife’s knafeh, the sweet, stretchy cheese Palestinian dessert.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
A warning has been issued after asbestos was found in some stretchy toys.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Mr. Paxton this week announced he is investigating the high-end athleisure company for misleading consumers—and talk about a stretchy theory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
I have a hard enough time finding jeans to wiggle over my ass, you think she’d be shooting confetti cannons over me being able to find a not hideous/ not stretchy dress that zips.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
An innovative plastic, stronger and stretchier than the current standard type and which can be healed with heat, remembers its shape and partially biodegradable, has been developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023
Next, Mi wants to see whether he can engineer silkworms to make spider silks that are even stronger and stretchier.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 19, 2023
But New York isn’t a popular market for swimwear production, meaning there are fewer specialized sewers there who know how to work with fabric that is smaller, stretchier and more slippery than, say, denim.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
You're far better off pummeling something stretchier and more yielding like pizza dough.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2021
It’s also softer and stretchier than a regular sock.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
Rice has proved to be the stretchiest of stretch fours for the Hoyas.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2021
By contrast, as Mary notes, the allegedly formative relationship between Tony and Dickie never comes into satisfying focus, to the point where Dickie’s entire story feels like the stretchiest of retconned narratives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
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