slinky
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The slinky single SS26 discusses the pressure on pop stars to do and say the right things.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Instead of incessant strobes and Charli clad in a slinky skirt, performing solo with no choreography, Johannes proposes backup dancers, green glitter, high wires and harnesses.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
The answer soon arrived when Klum swapped the dress for a slinky black number.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026
And at Althuis Hofland Fine Arts, Kazakh artist Waldemar Zimbelmann offers viewers a slinky series of self-portraits in which the artist twists, spins and transforms himself in a series of highly textured guises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
A terrifying image flashed through try mind of Apollo in bell-bottom pants and a slinky silk shirt.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
“Stay on That” is one of the slinkier numbers on the album, with rapidly strummed guitars and a wah-wah squawk that recalls Isaac Hayes’s “Theme From Shaft.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
The company hinted at a slinkier, less boxy design with its Monograph concept at the New York Auto Show last spring.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2017
So the question must be asked: Are cats just like dogs but in slinkier form, eager and able to be part of the human family?
From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2015
There are exceptions; Tony isn’t quite the role for Chase Finlay , who needs to play it a bit rougher and slinkier to convince us he’s a city kid.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2011
Etana spent time early in her career singing R&B, and while she’s let go of the slinkier parts of the genre, she’s kept the passion and the inflections, making for an alluring hybrid.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2011
Jack O’Dell, the slinkiest drummer in town, is packing up his drumsticks.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2022
