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Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2025
The young Calgary Flames netminder stretches his extremities, christens his crease by squirting it with whatever’s in his water bottle and might momentarily skate around his net.
—Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
Claire Sullivan, WWD, 23 Jan. 2025
The old woman, though, stares at the screen, the shadow of a smile curled into her lips and a frown barely creasing her forehead.
—Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
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Noun
In his crease, LeGrande lay face down on the ice before being comforted by a couple of teammates.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2025
The young Calgary Flames netminder stretches his extremities, christens his crease by squirting it with whatever’s in his water bottle and might momentarily skate around his net.
—Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
To finish off the eyes with a glossy lid, McGrath used her Lust Lip Gloss in shades Peach Perversion and Flesh Astral for shine that doesn’t lift or crease.
—Claire Sullivan, WWD, 23 Jan. 2025
The old woman, though, stares at the screen, the shadow of a smile curled into her lips and a frown barely creasing her forehead.
—Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Crease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crease. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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