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In other words, today’s AI is also being used to mass-produce literature like jam or bootlaces.—Laura Beers, The Conversation, 15 Apr. 2026 Someone had zip ties, and someone else took their bootlace off and helped us out.—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025 Every weapon must be clean enough to eat with, every bed must have exact creases, every bootlace must be flawless.—Dave Philipps, chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2020