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crest

[krest] / krɛst /


NOUN
emblem, symbol
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The most famous corner is Eau Rouge, a high-speed left-right flick into and out of a compression that launches the cars uphill into a left over a crest - technically known as Raidillon.

From BBC Jul. 14, 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

“I think you will either be on the crest of the wave or drowning on AI,” he said.

From MarketWatch Apr. 27, 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

We saw Kostor, which is four miles high, from foot to crest; the huge slant of its western slope hid the peaks north of it, some of which go up to thirty thousand feet.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

He’d drive up through Malibu Canyon to Mulholland Drive and then west to Decker Canyon, where he would time the turns and crests to the crescendos of the classical composition.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 2025

Lin's initial results indicate that the Parasaurolophus' crest was used for resonance, similar to the crests of birds we see today.

From Science Daily Nov. 21, 2024

But they weren’t guild signs or crests, and they didn’t make pictures, like tiles in a mosaic.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Software makes up about 13% of that index and an even larger share of loans in private-credit portfolios, the result of a wave of private-equity buyouts that crested a few years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 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

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

From BBC Feb. 10, 2026

At another point, a giant monitor behind the action featured Concho, the singer’s crested toad mascot.

From Salon Feb. 9, 2026

We crossed dark side streets, crested bridges, wheeled round invisible corners.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

It was crowded with design touches perfectly synced to the ones cresting on my Instagram and Pinterest feeds.

From New York Times Feb. 4, 2024

"This wave is not cresting yet - this wave is swelling," he said.

From BBC Oct. 18, 2023

It’s early—before roll call—but the sun is bright and cresting over the lower peaks of the mountains, casting its rose-tipped glow across the sleeping camp.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed




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