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Recent Examples of wiry
To clean the mesh grilles—the soft, wiry panels in the earbud—dip your toothbrush into a cup of micellar water, and while holding the earbud upright so the mesh is facing you, gently rub the bristles, in a circular motion, across each mesh panel for 15 seconds.
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Julia Ries, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
Rogers, a slight man with wiry muscles built over decades of manual labor, moved into the apartment just before migrants from Venezuela began rolling into Denver.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2024
At sixty-three, Levin still has a boyish demeanor, with wiry curls and a gap-toothed grin.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Lowe channels the ebullient, wiry sounds of Sun Records, Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent, Ricky Nelson, and the early British Invasion, and bends them to fit his own story.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2024
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Julia Ries, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
Rogers, a slight man with wiry muscles built over decades of manual labor, moved into the apartment just before migrants from Venezuela began rolling into Denver.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2024
At sixty-three, Levin still has a boyish demeanor, with wiry curls and a gap-toothed grin.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Lowe channels the ebullient, wiry sounds of Sun Records, Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent, Ricky Nelson, and the early British Invasion, and bends them to fit his own story.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiry
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With that miniature battery, the company estimates the sports car could deliver a scrawny 250-kilometer range on Europe’s WLPT cycle, which equates to roughly 200 km (125 miles) by U.S. measures.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2024
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Nestor Lorenzo has managed Rodriguez well so far (Jamie Squire/Getty Images) A decade ago, Diaz was a scrawny 17-year-old from Barrancas with dreams of becoming a professional player.Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
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But the truth is that Neeson, with his towering presence and sinewy resolve, is always better than the movies themselves.Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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Nicknamed the Blood Wyrm for his color, sinewy build, and taste for violence, Caraxes is significantly younger and smaller than his counterpart.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 July 2024
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Mitsouko softened Chypre’s rawboned extremes, imparting a creamy peach glow to the whole.Noy Thrupkaew, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2021
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Kirschling, a rawboned young man from Wisconsin, had written a master’s thesis at Columbia about long-term productivity decline in New York City’s mass transit.William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 2 July 2018
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The coat featured sinuous lapels contrasted by sharp shoulders. shop alexander mcqueen clothing The coat also included angular pockets and two buttons.Julia Teti, WWD, 3 Dec. 2024
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However, the angular design proved to be cutting-edge in more ways than one.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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Some of that work found that adding resistance training and aerobic exercise to very strict diets did nothing to prevent the disappearance of lean body mass.Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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With a lean $200,000 marketing budget for a film that cost less than $1 million to make, Hull was grateful for Pratt’s dedication to the project.Denise Quan, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2024
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The tree has a full look, but is slender enough to fit comfortably anywhere in your home.Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2024
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These birds, which have been found primarily in southern South America, had slender bodies and unique locomotor adaptations for running, with the largest species being flightless.Newsweek, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Paige Gemma Skinny Jean Steal Swift’s gameday style with these faux leather skinny jeans from Paige.Averi Baudler, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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Loose-fitting denim tends to be more comfortable to wear than tight skinny jeans.Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 2024
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Conventional toy cars used thin, rigid steel axles and rubber tires.George Petras, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Anker has released its thinnest MagSafe-compatible power bank, measuring about a third of an inch thick.Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Wiry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiry. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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