crest
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Duffy points out a chair with a sun symbol painted on its crest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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
Verstappen nearly crashed at high speed early in that stint when his car's front wheels became airborne over a crest as he chased a rival.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
“I think you will either be on the crest of the wave or drowning on AI,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
She was on the opposite side of the grave, standing on the crest of the hill.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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
They unearthed a skull, fragments of the hind legs and several crests.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
It was only after returning in 2022 with a larger team and uncovering two more crests that the researchers understood they were dealing with a new species.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
Ranchers like Kemp who support the laws say it is a birthright to brand cattle with their family crests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
I pictured the snow falling over it, two crests of snow rising on the tops of its wings.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
Then several cows and calves crested the ridgeline and came forward, answering her call.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Locals have claimed that rare albino deer, great crested newts and badgers all roamed the field prior to it being built on.
From BBC ● May 9, 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
At another point, a giant monitor behind the action featured Concho, the singer’s crested toad mascot.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2026
“What happened to the pig?” asked Lee Roy as we crested a hill.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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
Given the cresting age wave, the number is expected to roughly double in the next 35 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025
After cresting, the rivers’ recession would be slow, leaving the waterways above the major flooding stage through the middle of the week.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2024
Now that it was over, my adrenaline was cresting.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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