elastic
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Segar’s misfit cast: As ever, Popeye is a muscle-bound mumbler and Olive Oyl an elastic lass.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Woodring wrote he remains “cautious” that strength in the first half of the fiscal year leads to “more elastic demand” and weaker second half earnings.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
But in recent years the dragnet has become increasingly elastic.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
"This suggests that many other elastic liquids might also break at a relatively similar critical stress point," Lima said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
Across the road, she could see Mrs Rance’s shop, where you bought buttons and wool and bits of elastic.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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