crest

A dress made of glass bubbles, foam on a crest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

It’s big, too, nearly 10 miles long, and peaky, with some squat concrete buildings up at the crest of one of the hills, and a single telegraph pole.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

It was chosen because this animal’s femur lacks a crest or raised bony protrusion – known as a trochanter – where part of the tail musculature would attach.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

The most famous corner is Eau Rouge, a high-speed left-right flick into and out of a compression that launches the cars uphill into a left over a crest - technically known as Raidillon.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Over the hill crest, stark against the clouds, rose two figures on horseback.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

A tsunami is a series of waves, with times between crests ranging from five minutes to an hour, that can persist for many hours, according to the agency.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

They unearthed a skull, fragments of the hind legs and several crests.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

It was only after returning in 2022 with a larger team and uncovering two more crests that the researchers understood they were dealing with a new species.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026

Very different are the bold designs for wrought-iron ornament, drawn full size, for making grilles, chandeliers and decorative crests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

“It’s morning twilight. The sun is beneath the horizon. When the sun crests, clouds and sky will shine, glimmering orange-yellow.”

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Rare species, including barbastelle bats, great crested newts and corn buntings, have been spotted at the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire in the last six years.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

It is now spreading across Australia, most recently killing more than 1,000 crested terns and a long-nosed fur seal, the first detection in a mainland mammal.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Laboratory testing confirmed the disease had infected a greater crested tern in the town of Robe, South Australia.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Eventually the rate of inflation crested at a record 13.5% in 1980, capping off nearly a decade of runaway prices.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026

He reached the place where the hill crested and he could feel the ground under his snow-covered feet become level.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

In January, worries were cresting that AI was going to quickly disrupt big software companies like Salesforce and ServiceNow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

A subtle wave of shame rises — small but persistent — cresting as you imagine your child saying, or your partner thinking, “We’re having this again?”

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

New data-center designs are cresting one gigawatt in power consumption, the entire capacity of a nuclear reactor.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

Pelicans glided over the cresting waves, while a harbor seal watched the surfers for a bit before diving under the surface and disappearing from sight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

They were relics of the Targaryens, black steel with dragon scales cresting their helms, now dusty and forgotten.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin