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zippers

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They yank open industrial-grade zippers, unleashing a gust of helium, and dive chest-first onto the collapsing character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

He said he designed jackets with zippers on the sleeves so they could be left on or removed.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2024

His father, Aaron Traum, helped run a family business, the David Traum Company, which sold zippers and other notions on East 26th Street.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

Ms Nguyen was looking for molecules that self-assemble -- where they spontaneously arrange themselves without human intervention -- and stumbled upon the concept of 'tryptophan zippers'.

From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2023

Once she had the jacket around her shoulders, the strap and zippers seemed to wind around her like snakes until the plastic was snug around her waist and thighs.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld