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"The ballista spider's snare is bioengineered to store elastic energy in the silk and rapidly release it, giving it incredible instantaneous power density -- greater than any other specialized silk-based biological catapults," said Professor Narendra.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

Over subsequent releases – the exuberant Shooting Star, external, or the braggadocious Woke Up, external – they crystallised a musical vision that fused sci-fi aesthetics to the elastic grooves of 90s R&B.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 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

I pulled on my elastic haptic gloves and flexed my fingers to make sure none of the joints was sticking.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

The well elastics words down, then catapults echoes up.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell