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[waks] / wæks /


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While Holland refused to give any additional details about the couple’s wedding, he was happy to wax lyrical about his relationship with his co-star, telling Esquire that Zendaya is his “bedrock” and his “best friend.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Nolan, the Conagra demand scientist, has seen gluten-free, vegan, keto, low-carb and fat-free diets all wane and wax in popularity over the years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

But you draw closer and those forms seem to flow like melting wax, as if the universe itself were dissolving before your eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

"I just couldn't believe. It was like going to Madame Tussauds but the wax was animated and you could interact with the wax and it talked back to you, it was absolutely mad."

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

She tipped the glass to the side so the hot wax wouldn’t smother the wick.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

Enthusiasm for growing the library has waxed and waned over the years.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

I’ve waxed poetic about pre-chopped onions as a doorway to weeknight cooking.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

In interviews the dapper artist with his trademark flat cap waxed lyrical about the place where he was locked down during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

While the scene waxed and waned over decades, it’s back in full force with young crowds today.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

The piano, waxed and polished every week, gleams in the sunlight from the curved bay window.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

Most significantly, Flanner reported from the trials at Nuremberg, writing that a group of Nazi prisoners “seem already waxen and posthumous, like museum figures of the members of some nefarious long-ago regime which had failed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

“That’s a lie,” was his standard rejoinder, strangely accompanied by a waxen smile that flickered on and off as though set on a faulty timer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

Steps away lay Benedict, rested between Swiss Guards, his head propped on crimson pillows, his face waxen, almost unrecognizable.

From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2023

Soon after her fourth birthday, in the summer of 1930, a waxen effigy of Princess Elizabeth made its debut at Madame Tussauds, seated on a pony.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2022

He was in his late twenties, blond, with fair, almost waxen, skin.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

This is even though a similarly quick stop in London last year led to a waxing of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Tim Campbell, CEO of Baillie Gifford—that paradoxically venerable yet go-go Scottish investment house—is waxing eloquent about maybe his favorite stock in the entire universe.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

Online influencer Aniessa Navarro said she felt sick when she realised during a personal waxing session that her technician was wearing Meta's glasses.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Known as the Dragon Slayer, he’s often shown meditating, praying, waxing philosophical, and pontificating on nobility, integrity and honor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

The moon, now waxing round, filled the eastern sky with a pale cold sheen.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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