bungee cord

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Recent Examples of bungee cord Kenny doesn’t think twice about stuffing furnishings from her treasure hunts into the back of her tiny Nissan Versa — she has been known to secure items with bungee cords — or repurposing everyday ephemera into something special. Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024 With his body belted to an elastic training bungee cord, Xavier made panicked marks on the gallery’s white walls with unfired clay molded into the shape of Olympic weight plates. Lillian Davies, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024 Use bungee cords, stakes, or heavy rocks to fasten the cover in place securely. Michelle Ullman, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024 The pants feature adjustable bungee cords on the waistband and hems, so they can be worn high-waisted or low-slung and wide-leg or cinched. Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bungee cord
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bungee cord
Noun
  • The program covers more than 40% of all births in the country and nearly two-thirds of nursing home stays.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The couple was welcomed to the country by the president and his wife, Birgitte Macron, in an official ceremony at Les Invalides, and the first day of their stay was capped with a state dinner.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • These guys fought savagely, just fought incredibly hard.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Our sport needs more people that celebrate the awesomeness of what these guys can do.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The base that this is based on now has a bunch of barbed wire and fencing.
    Fred Topel, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Let cool on the baking sheet set on a wire rack for about 10 minutes.
    Christopher Kimball, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The series was also the third best performing show on cable in the first quarter of the year among adults 18-34.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Concern about the potential impact of rising prices has been the talk of, well, everything lately, from cable news to podcasts to online articles all trying to help consumers figure out what this all means for right now and for the future.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Officers did pull out lanyards to display their badges once she was confronted.
    Cate Martel, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Much of the non-fest-going public is at home, and the streets are populated almost entirely by those with laminated passes dangling from lanyards underneath their coats.
    Jack Howland, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Zigzagging rooftops nod to hawksbill turtle shells, and the beach house–style interiors have beds fringed by gauzy drapes bound with sisal rope and breezy bathrooms with terrazzo floors made from shell splinters and mother-of-pearl.
    Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Even in early America, cannabis was grown for rope and fabric.
    Matt Rozo, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Brian Barrett The Best Wireless Earbuds for Everyone Ready to cut the cord?
    Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Trump has string of Supreme Court victories Tuesday's decision was the latest in recent days in which the Supreme Court sided with Trump.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
  • On YouTube and Tumblr, Beatles fans have collated long strings of images of John and Paul looking at each other at press conferences, in interviews, on stage, at parties.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025

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“Bungee cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bungee%20cord. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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