oblong
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The large orange oblong zone “represents areas that are immediately dangerous to life and health, where it would cause injury if anybody inhales or is impacted by the product in question.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
Instead, it has an oddly shaped chunk of metal at its heart, spinning inside an oblong chamber in which the usual cycle of compression, combustion and exhaust takes place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The most famous visual landmark associated with Singapore is probably the Marina Bay Sands, with Moshe Safdie’s oblong, swimmable rooftop straddling three buildings.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025
The smallest of its windowless chambers was an irregular oblong box which was commonly referred to as "the Coffin", and was believed to be Robert Burns' favoured seat in the Tavern.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
Since our tree made papershell pecans, Jay and me would take two of the oblong nuts in one hand and press them together until the shells cracked.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
The logo is different, but still evokes the golden arches: a circle and two yellow oblongs — representing a beef patty and french fries — configured into a stylized M.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2022
Most of Engida’s canvases are crowded with women in domestic scenes, their faces rendered in simple black lines, except for the bright red oblongs that often represent lips.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020
“My sense of proportion tells me that oblongs are more attractive than squares, just as…a greyhound is more graceful than an English bulldog,” Mr. Earl wrote in a 1954 essay in the Saturday Evening Post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2018
Each key came in a safe-deposit box envelope, those small, stiff oblongs that close with a reassuring snap.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2013
The mirrors have been replaced here too by oblongs of dull gray metal, but the urinals are still there, on one wall, white enamel with yellow stains.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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