crest

A dress made of glass bubbles, foam on a crest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

It’s big, too, nearly 10 miles long, and peaky, with some squat concrete buildings up at the crest of one of the hills, and a single telegraph pole.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

It was chosen because this animal’s femur lacks a crest or raised bony protrusion – known as a trochanter – where part of the tail musculature would attach.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Our duty is to give it our all on the field. Our duty is to defend our crest and represent our country with dignity.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

All the girls are wearing the exact same plaid skirt, white blouse, and navy-blue blazer with a fancy crest.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

Acanthosaura syrax belongs to a group of agamid lizards known as mountain horned dragons, which are distinguished by the spiny crests that extend along the neck and back.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

A tsunami is a series of waves, with times between crests ranging from five minutes to an hour, that can persist for many hours, according to the agency.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Very different are the bold designs for wrought-iron ornament, drawn full size, for making grilles, chandeliers and decorative crests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

“Dow crests 30,000 points on vaccine hopes, Biden transition,” the Sioux City Journal of Iowa wrote on Nov. 25, 2020, in its page D1 article.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

Spindrift whipping off the crests of breaking waves freezes into sleet.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

It is now spreading across Australia, most recently killing more than 1,000 crested terns and a long-nosed fur seal, the first detection in a mainland mammal.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Early Saturday, the river crested at nearly 25 feet in central Indiana—surpassing a record set in 1913, according to the National Water Prediction Service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Laboratory testing confirmed the disease had infected a greater crested tern in the town of Robe, South Australia.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Eventually the rate of inflation crested at a record 13.5% in 1980, capping off nearly a decade of runaway prices.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026

Previously, I’d always walked to Trombley Elementary; but prep school has brought with it a host of changes: my new school uniform, for instance, crested and tartaned.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

But when the hype for Weapons was cresting in August 2025, Cregger was already in Prague prepping his next feature: Resident Evil, an adaptation of the wildly popular videogame franchise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

A subtle wave of shame rises — small but persistent — cresting as you imagine your child saying, or your partner thinking, “We’re having this again?”

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

New data-center designs are cresting one gigawatt in power consumption, the entire capacity of a nuclear reactor.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

Her sadness and regret washes over tracks like “Sugar Water” and “Crown,” building into fiery passion on “Chemistry” and “Sailor Song,” before cresting into the haunting resolution of the title track that closes it out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025

He felt as if he were on a surfboard, catching a giant wave, rising, cresting, and sliding back down again.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret