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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
A warning has been issued after asbestos was found in some stretchy toys.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
People using GLP-1s were likelier to buy stretchy athleisure gear and tended to join workout clubs and take up activities like jogging and dog-walking, the analysts said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
Michael LeTourneau, who runs Porterhouse Construction in Denver, said his Brunt pants are more stretchy than the stiff canvas pants he used to wear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
She was younger than Candice’s mother, with dark skin and a short, stylish bob, and she wore a pair of stretchy jeans and a Carolina Panthers jersey.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
It is similar to the old-school, stiffer denim that was long used in jeans before denim makers started adding stretchier fabrics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
HSD can also cause gastrointestinal symptoms because the connective tissue within the digestive system is stretchier.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
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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