tendril
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A few weeks later, a wispy tendril starts out, climbing up the wooden support.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
The teapot piece has pea tendril decor, which alludes to my favorite spring garden vegetable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
A few painstaking moments later and he has freed his bounty—a small caterpillar perhaps an inch long, caked in earth with a reddish tendril of fungus sprouting from its head.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 4, 2024
A twisty tendril of vapor in white-to-red ombre could be seen snaking behind a bright white light in parts of South Korea’s sky Friday evening.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
Here was loop of creeper with a tendril pendant from a node.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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"There's an intestine detached from the rest of the body, surrounded by tendrils of blood vessels from the yolk."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
So it is with Maddie, an extremely online Los Angeles striver, blond tendrils of hair hanging in her face along with the need, deep in her eyes, to become a food influencer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
But for anyone who’s tangled with an eating disorder — and the way its tendrils quietly siphon joy from even the simplest routines — it is something.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
Watching the “Russian Doll” hologram, we hear green tendrils of Stravinsky’s “Le Sacre du printemps” in the musical mix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
Pet looked at her with its goldblank face, and thin tendrils drifted out of its mouth.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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