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"The foot does start to change shape and tends to splay a little bit over time," says Branthwaite.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Researchers have believed that a secondary shift from the splay faults was possible.

From Science Daily ● May 20, 2024

In one inspirational photo, a large multicolored butterfly spans the entire seat of a vintage pair of Miss Sixty jeans, while in another, shiny silver flowers splay across a Dries van Noten jacket.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

Too many such cells caused the sepals to splay and expose the petals prematurely.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 23, 2023

His hounds splay on the rug before the fire.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

This is a woman who has the world where she wants it, and who laughs blithely throughout our chat – even when discussing the terrifying anxieties she nightly splays across the stage.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2019

There are echoes, too, of Trish Brown’s gravity-defying dances with ropes and harnesses — especially when Ms. Bauer climbs a huge charred tree and splays her body horizontally.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2019

Sediment that breaches the levees during flood stage is called crevasse splays delivering silt and clay into the floodplain.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017

The anole splays its little lizard fingers to break its fall as it hurtles face-first onto the ground.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2014

He splays his arms and fingers to show this is all his land.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Just before the trailer finishes, a hilarious decree comes down from Mount Disney, splayed across the screen like law: “See it in InfinityVision!”

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

They clipped 13 seconds of him tearing into a Whopper, sauce and a grin splayed across his face, and posted it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026

Back in my room, I lay in bed and splayed out the cash in my hand, sending a photo of the bounty to my wife, who was surely fast asleep.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

The full video shows a man — Retes — splayed on the ground surrounded by agents.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2025

He stopped short when he saw Ashish sprawled on the couch, mantislike legs splayed out so he took up every inch of space on the love seat.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Images from the scene show a mangled heap of scaffolding and concrete splaying out onto the street, covered by green safety netting.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

LaRavia hadn’t scored 20 points in a game since Nov. 2 as his splaying time has fluctuated with the Lakers’ ever-changing injury report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2026

Like a shot of someone from Team Ukraine competing in artistic swimming at the world championships in Hungary, droplets of water splaying every which way off her body while she competes for a war-torn country.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022

With each new bird that arrived on-screen, she changed her approach, splaying herself flat on the floor and then pouncing in vain.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021

“But I saw you outside earlier when Jack dropped you off, and your face was”— Vivian lifts her knobby hands, splaying her fingers—“all lit up. You were talking up a storm.”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline