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rangy

[rayn-jee] / ˈreɪn dʒi /


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Performing a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” at the Roosevelt Hotel, her rangy, raspy soprano stops our hearts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

A supersizing of the series format, it doesn’t significantly alter the rangy charm of Wilson’s video-captured eccentricities, a sturdy foundation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Unlike the Grateful Dead or Phish, who are known for their rangy improvisations, one Styles concert is usually not that different from the next.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The slender and rangy left-hander Kemp, almost Ben Stokes-like with a flowing bat swing, hits cleanly straight or, as shown with her two sixes against Scotland, over mid-wicket.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

She was surprised to see a “pale and rangy fellow,” a blan like her, appearing totally at ease in a town where white people were not common.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

But that absence forced a concentrated listening, or at least forbade a distracted one, which proved useful during some of the night’s rangier moments.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

The group is rangier and more athletic following the release of Collins, the emergence of second-year player Darrick Forrest and the addition of Percy Butler in the draft.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022

A dwarf sport of the larger and rangier ‘Baggesen’s Gold’, ‘Twiggy’ brightens shady parts of the garden, where the foliage will be bright chartreuse.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2022

Yet, Diaz, more experienced, heavier, rangier and unfazed, kept rolling his hands before throwing.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2016

Course he's rangier 'n most huntin'-bred hosses, but with a curb to put some bow in his neck, he'll pass fur a hunter anywhere!'

From Blister Jones by Jay Hambridge

Bol Bol is nearly half a foot shorter than his father was, but, at 7-feet-2-inches tall, he’s still one of the league’s rangiest players.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2020

At 25, Mr. Westman, a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, is not only the rangiest, but also the youngest of the Hamiltons I have seen.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2018

Lawrence Timmons, SteelersArguably the rangiest inside linebacker in the NFL, Timmons broke out with 135 tackles, 11 passes defenses, three forced fumbles, and three sacks.

From Newsweek ● Jan. 19, 2011

In fact, she describes the song as "vocally the rangiest piece we did; the text is so enigmatic and strange."

From Reuters ● Apr. 16, 2010


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