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Recent Examples of flexureThe colon's transverse section lies horizontally, and the splenic flexure (where the colon curves sharply beneath the lower end of the spleen) is located in the LUQ.—Joy Emeh, Health, 19 Sep. 2024 How much cleavage, compression, flexure, impact, tension, or shear is required to break the plane of a Titebond bond?—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022 Processes such as hydrofracture and flexure remain understudied, and ice-sheet models do not yet include realistic treatment of these processes.—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2021 Flex cracking is due to excessive circuit board flexure.—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2018
The pleats are made from multiple fabric folds and bunched together to create fullness.
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Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
To him, the vision seemed right — not in the specific locations activated by various themes but in the sense that our neuroanatomy did seem to parse the world by subject, tangles and folds of neurons lighting up in response to clouds of ideas.
At the end of the film on the beach, there’s a little moment when his legs fold around himself in a spiral, like a cinnamon bun, which was done on the reference table.
Try these striking pumps with studded buckle detailing along their pointed-toes.
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Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
Statement denim pieces include cutout bootcut jeans with buckle detailing, palazzo jeans with tonal embroidery, a sleeveless mini dress, and a butterfly tank top—a subtle nod to Parton, who has long embraced butterflies as a personal symbol of beauty, freedom and nature.
The Colorado Rockies are rolling out a lineup of new food offerings ahead of Opening Day, featuring everything from oversized hot dogs to inventive twists on classic ballpark staples.
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Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
Character names fade, plot twists dissolve, but the enjoyment of the moment remains.
Previous studies have shown that hardware tailored for specific mathematical operations, such as Fourier and convolution transforms, can significantly outperform general-purpose processors.
The twists, worries and delays in her story highlight the convolution of the U.S. immigration system and the challenges anyone who crossed the border without authorization faces in trying to become a legal resident.
The lunchtime sandwich that reigns supreme is undoubtedly the mushroom dip, with a tangle of Long Beach oyster mushrooms confited in oil, then roasted until their edges become crisp and curl in the pizza oven.
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Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
Nakamura, who works almost exclusively in his native Japan, smooths over those divisions, creating reverent, porous structures that open to the landscape or curl in on themselves in repose.