ribbed
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Ediacaran organisms came in many unfamiliar forms, including flat discs, leafy shapes, and ribbed ovals.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
“In the Bozeman area, are you going to get ribbed and teased for being from L.A.? Yes. But do I think people really care after you get that ribbing? No,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
To him, the ribbed vault and flying buttress were the epitome of rational construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
His uncles ribbed him — “They’d tell me, ‘Now you know what el Norte is, so you know how to win money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
They didn’t look rumpled, the black ribbed socks, but he thought they would look even better straightened.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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