tendril
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A few weeks later, a wispy tendril starts out, climbing up the wooden support.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
The teapot piece has pea tendril decor, which alludes to my favorite spring garden vegetable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
A few painstaking moments later and he has freed his bounty—a small caterpillar perhaps an inch long, caked in earth with a reddish tendril of fungus sprouting from its head.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 4, 2024
A twisty tendril of vapor in white-to-red ombre could be seen snaking behind a bright white light in parts of South Korea’s sky Friday evening.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
She has closely cropped brown hair, with little tendril curls framing her face.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Its mouth is triangular, divided into three lips, and surrounded by sensory tendrils, giving it an appearance reminiscent of a tiny marine Sarlacc pit.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
At the Australian Open in January, she entered the court in a tie-dye turquoise and green palette with flowing tendrils.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Somehow, the tiny thin tendrils still hold on.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
Their curious tendrils can crack the foundation of your house, and push up the pavement on your driveway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
A curtain of thinner tendrils hangs down from it, like a scraggly beard clotted with dirt.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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