elastic
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The team used mathematical models to explain how these unusual elastic effects may arise at the atomic level.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
The 24-year-old office worker found solace in "lompat karet" -- a game from infancy that involves jumping over a long rope made from braided elastic bands.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
For a revolutionary new technology like AI with so many potential applications, it is possible that the price elasticity of demand will be highly elastic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
A search of the property also found £3805 stacked in elastic bands, a Cartier watch and designer clothes.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
The buzzer sounds and my body does what it’s supposed to, like an elastic band springing forward when its tension is released.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Practically overnight, I had to adjust to how my new glasses slid down my nose and the way the elastics tethered to my braces snapped like rubber bands in a junk drawer.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2025
So silk scrunchies are a go-to at home: “They don’t pull or snag” the way other hair elastics would, she says.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
She said: "That's not my jaw and neck in real life - and I can't walk around with tape and elastics everywhere."
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2022
In the mornings, it took no small effort for Avril to pull the hair back from her face and impose a kind of order on it with elastics and hair grips.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 9, 2021
She had braces, and the elastics were pink, the same as her hair.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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