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Among them is, naturally, the stringy bikini look, and Kylie Jenner appears more than happy to kick off the season while soaking in every second of her dreamy Kylie Cosmetics trip.
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Everyone is bulbous, stringy, or malformed.
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Your skin has fibrous bands that connect it to the muscle below.
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But the squishies may also contain fibrous tremolite, a material better known as asbestos, in the filling.
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This gives the roots a knotty appearance from which its common name is derived.
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All that showed of him was a straggly tail, a homely mug, and four knotty knees.
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Closing out the first decade of sound film, Son of Frankenstein has far more ropey dialogue than entrancing atmosphere or a memorable arc for the Monster.
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Nearly 2m Ukrainians have arrived since 2014, pushed by a ropy national economy and a war in the country’s east, and pulled by higher wages in Poland.
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“Thready.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thready. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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