tendrils

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Their curious tendrils can crack the foundation of your house, and push up the pavement on your driveway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Along the way, I’d expect more leaks and dispatches from the House Oversight Committee, as the enigma of Epstein spreads its tendrils.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2025

In these dark times, it's more important than ever to nurse tendrils of joy.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2024

The 2022 study focused directly on Jupiter's cyclones, but Siegelman also saw wispy tendrils, known to researchers as filaments, in the spaces between the gassy vortices.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

Its dead tendrils spread out like long gray fingers.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell