skein
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Described in the catalog as a “hanging, nine-lobed, single-layered continuous form,” made of a skein of finely looped copper and nickel wire, it resembles so many baskets hanging from a chain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
The skein in June left the Angels four games under .500 and 3.5 games out of the final wild-card spot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2023
Held in the mesh of gravity and spin, a skein of quantum magnetic charge, the Muon persists, outlives its foreseeable wobble.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 5, 2022
The central plot of “Parallel Mothers” is vintage Almodóvar: a skein of reversals, revelations, surprises and coincidences unraveled with style, wit and feeling.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
Thus he holds to his chest a skein of words, as though it were the source of his family ties.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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