accordion
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Wilson believes that Snow Secure—the high-tech insulated polystyrene blanket that unfolds like an accordion, then drapes over a pile of snow—is just the invention.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026
It's like a wing with a flexible, corrugated structure within it – something like an accordion – that allows said wing to fold down quickly, or flex with ease.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
On “Jaundice,” a stomping upbeat jig with accordion and saxophone reflecting Mr. Ellis’s interest in older folk forms, each drum hit bursts out of the speakers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
He hopped in the car and extended the seat, his 6-foot-2 frame expanded like an accordion.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
They didn’t know how to play the accordion, but they might have learned if they had received one, which they didn’t.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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Vocabulary lists containing accordion
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