springs

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Guney was once a water-rich village fed by 50 springs in Turkey's western Usak province, but since a gold mine opened 20 years ago, they have all dried up.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Just north of Los Angeles, Evan Chambers’ glassblowing studio springs out from a small warehouse district like a scene from “Alice in Wonderland.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Although the craze is high right now, Reformer was invented by Joseph Pilates during World War I, when he adapted hospital beds with springs to help rehabilitate patients.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Somnigroup, formed from Tempur-Sealy’s acquisition of Mattress Firm, had offered to buy Leggett & Platt, which produces components including mattress springs and specialty foam, in December for $1.63 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The sphinxes’ strength, Christopher saw, was dizzying: they leaped like coiled springs upward over the rock, covering twenty feet at a bound.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell