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I rode high in the trim line, the dimpled blue wall zippering fast, the frothy lip like a stripe of icing.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2019

A bottleneck calls for a technique known as zippering.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2016

Having lived in many US urban areas you notice differences, In the SF Bay Area zippering merges were fairly efficient, but in Texas and Arkansas there is essentially a battle for every merge.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2016

He pretended to put a mask on his face with his hands and made a zippering motion across his mouth.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2015

She just stared at him, something zippering her expression closed, hiding away all that Maya-Jadeness, all that love.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman