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tucks

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plural of tuck

as in plies

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Overly Elaborate Pleats Heavy, elaborate pleats can make curtains look stiff and overly formal, which is why designers are favoring simpler, more elegant pleat styles.

— Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025

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One user request now triggers chains of model calls, tool executions, retrieval steps and recursive planning loops.

— Srikanta Datta, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Solar prominences One of the most surprising aspects of witnessing a total solar eclipse is a view of prominences during totality, bright pink spikes or loops that appear around the moon's silhouette.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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Her glossy hair, braided into two plaits, hung down over her shoulders in a style unusual for young girls these days.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Bobby’s is a flouncy skirt and a knotted shirt straight out of the early-aughts MTV Movie & TV Awards, and Elizabeth’s is a full-length dress made out of brown faux leather with a bunch of long plaits swinging off it.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 31 July 2026

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Major League Baseball was the original path Kelce sought to become a pro athlete, gripping seams on the ball instead of running the seam route as a tight end in the NFL.

— Reuters, NBC news, 27 May 2026
Press the seams together, flip over so the seam is down, and shape gently into a ball.

— Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026

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