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Recent Examples of cat's cradleThe image on the Leopoldstadt playbill is of a young Jewish child playing with a cat's cradle.—Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2022 But that string can still be made into something perfect: As Ludwig lovingly points out to his grand-nephews, the knots in the cat's cradle always stay the same distance apart no matter how the configuration is manipulated.—Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2022
Long story short, the uncontrolled airflow of a standard blow dryer can create tangles galore on loose to tight curl patterns while the nozzle detachment used to create a smooth blowout effect does away with curls entirely.
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Georgia Day,
Vogue,
14 May 2025
Before Carrier’s tangle of fraudulent loans collapsed and was exposed in court, there were signs of trouble.
More than 100,000 motorists pass through Wheat Ridge, Denver and southwestern Adams County every day on Interstates 70 and 76, often in maddening traffic snarls.
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John Meyer,
Denver Post,
5 May 2025
Traffic snarls are one reason why Hiaasen ultimately returned to eastern Florida.
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