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The artist’s views move from “Full Pink Moon” — the only picture mounted on a lightbox for maximum luminosity — to such barely-there crescents as “Razor’s Edge” and “Tangerine Slice.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2022

Like every sickle cell patient, Helen had a mutation in a gene that turned her red blood cells into rigid crescents instead of soft disks.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2021

And it is those handsome townhouses and sweeping crescents, along with traces of the Roman past, that bring in visitors by the coachload.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2021

Once, hands wet from their hourly washing, I tried to turn the bathroom doorknob and my nails dug into my own palm, leaving four bright red crescents in my hand.

From Slate • Dec. 31, 2020

His warm complexion had blanched to an ashen gray, his thick eyelashes cast over the bruised crescents of his lower lids.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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