helix
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You can look at friendship as a journey that is like a double helix: Sometimes you and a friend will be in sync financially or emotionally, and other times you’ll be out of alignment.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026
One of the most dangerous forms of damage is a double-strand break, which happens when both strands of the DNA helix are cut at the same time.
From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025
Form and content, the visual and the physical, create art’s spellbinding double helix.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
When she loses her cycle, she is forced to run up the helix of a parking garage at normal human speed, giving a pathetic comedic element to someone who ought to be terrifying.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Either would fit perfectly well into the double helix.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Vocabulary lists containing helix
"Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone, Chapters 28–37
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