"It's an elastic band we strap to the ball during running drills, " Wilson explained.

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Imagine, by contrast, an elastic band that passes through the hole in a doughnut.

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There are ways to look professional within your home without including an elastic band or fuzzy slippers.

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Seductively, she traced her finger along the elastic band of his shorts.

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That's partly due to liquefaction but it's mainly due to the way the Earth deforms when you snap it like an elastic band.

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Imagine an elastic band stretched over the surface of an apple.

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These retail industries had the farthest to rebound, so, like the elastic band pulled taut, they will improve more quickly and aggressively than other retail industries.

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Their voices blend and bend together like an elastic band.

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For now, the basic CORE 2 model comes with an adjustable elastic band (available in multiple colors) and a sensor module packing an accelerometer and three heat and skin sensors.

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