stubby
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These thrust differentials are coordinated with dual flaps on the trailing edges of the stubby wings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
As I pull yet another stubby naked fork from the dishwasher, unsheathed from its housing by the sani-heat, I recognize the clock is ticking.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025
You don't get a tick in the box if the name on the ballot paper means nothing to the voter clutching their stubby pencil in the voting booth.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025
My short, stubby toes curl into each other, sprouting from my fat foot.
From Salon • Aug. 13, 2025
Two short, stubby legs poked out from the bottom, and the weird creature stomped indignantly out to the middle of the raft.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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