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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

Soccer and the mastermind behind that World Cup — created for the 23 players who will wear the U.S. crest at home this summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 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

After riding the crest of the first wave of the AI boom, Microsoft has lost momentum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 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

Neill Hunter owns Scotcrest in Port Glasgow, which makes commemorative plaques, clan crests and other memorabilia.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 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

“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

White flames seemed to Frodo to flicker on their crests and he half fancied that he saw amid the water white riders upon white horses with frothing manes.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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

The rate of inflation crested above 4% in May to a three-year high, briefly outrunning the typical increase in workers’ wages.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Then several cows and calves crested the ridgeline and came forward, answering her call.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

He also used symbols like the "pava", the traditional farmer's hat, and the endangered Puerto Rican crested toad.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

As they descended lower, she could soon see the tops of the city crested over with spring ivy and little oval windows bursting with flower boxes.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

In further clips, that small cloud gets darker and flames can later be seen cresting over the hilltop.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025

That claim is largely true, and it has been for years, even as millions more retirees are on the road because of the cresting boomer wave.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2024

Outside the pavilion, the glowing flowers repeated the colors of the painted rainbow, and the white clouds above echoed the cresting waves of water.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin