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droop over



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A 3D-modeling program used for mechanical and civil engineering accurately predicted how the carrots would droop over time, the team reports today in Royal Society Open Science.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2024

Eucalyptus trees droop over the stretch of Highway 92 that connects California Terra Garden and other farms and nurseries to the town center.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2023

What these pictures don’t show is that standard pegboards can be tricky to hang, the holes often droop over time, and the curved wire hooks can fall out really easily.

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2019

It was a single cheeseburger in which the diced onions, all browned and semi-translucent, were embedded in the gooey slice of American cheese that was starting to droop over the sides of the glistening patty.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2016

He makes dreadful mouths as he rules the ciphering-book; and now he throws his eye sideways down our lane, and we all droop over our books and tremble.

From David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles




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