tendrils

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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

Through a veil of dark hair tendrils, Audrey Cymone stares intensely into the darkened room.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

Along the way, I’d expect more leaks and dispatches from the House Oversight Committee, as the enigma of Epstein spreads its tendrils.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2025

Gently and assuredly we understand the way choices seeded in the past wind their tendrils through the life of generations not yet born.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

I watch a few tendrils of Mother’s hair lift gently into the air.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett