oval
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Critically, the oval shape allowed it to occupy less stage depth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Her ring has seven small oval diamonds and a wave design which she says illustrate life's inevitable highs and lows.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Harris not only excels on the oval, but also on the gridiron.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
The human doctor with 40 years of experience was right—the small oval in my right breast didn’t look “suspicious.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
A square for Ungifted by Gordon Korman, a triangle for A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff, a hexagon for Twerp by Mark Goldblatt, and an oval for The Postcard by Tony Abbott.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
The Pettit National Ice Center, in Milwaukee, is one of two Olympic-grade long-track ovals in the entire U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
The orange ovals here show how a perfect circle on the globe is distorted depending on where it is located.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2026
Schumacher will compete in his first oval races, with six ovals on the 17-race IndyCar schedule, including the feature Indianapolis 500 next May 24.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
The Earth-size ovals, which are visible only at ultraviolet wavelengths, are embedded in layers of stratospheric haze that cap the planet's poles.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
Claude’s fingers trace ovals across the top of his vitrine.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
