Lycra
Americannoun
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Ali likes to use expansive spaces and incorporate fabrics and textiles, whether it’s a red, sequin-covered chador or a tubular-looking worm made out of polyester, Lycra and spandex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Lycra is lightweight, breathable, and can expand and snap back indefinitely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
The court heard that the homebase team became known by others in the NOS as the "Lycra Lovelies" because of their clothes.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
Squeezed into tightfitting Lycra costumes, they have been wielding oversized pugil sticks, running around floating scaffolds and chasing only slightly less musclebound members of the public up walls, in front of a cheering crowd.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
She enjoyed the WWF Wrestling Mania shows, where Hulk Hogan and Mr. Perfect, whose necks were wider than their heads, wore spangled Lycra leggings and beat each other up brutally.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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