springs

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The Iliad has these big, overstuffed couches and chairs with blown springs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

In a reminder that hope springs eternal: performing arts promoter Martin Elbourne, who founded the festival, points to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

“Dawns and springs are quieter; the air emptier. An ancient avian orchestra is falling silent. An almost unimaginable abundance has been lost.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

That crate will then be housed in an outer cage, with 12 metal springs acting as shock-absorbers above and below.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The truck had no springs and bounced roughly over the bomb-pitted streets of The Hague.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom