as in sarape
a piece of cloth that is used especially by women as a covering for the head or shoulders
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Recent Examples of shawl
Julia Teti, WWD, 18 Nov. 2024
Made of a polyester and viscose blend that feels cashmere-like, this shawl has a soft, plush feel but a budget-friendly price.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2024
Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
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Noun
The bodice had a sweetheart neckline, and a tulle shawl covered Grande’s shoulders and arms with a semi-sheer effect.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 18 Nov. 2024
Made of a polyester and viscose blend that feels cashmere-like, this shawl has a soft, plush feel but a budget-friendly price.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
He was also known for living an ascetic lifestyle, often dressing in a loincloth and shawl only.
—Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
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As wind blew air through a mesh coated with catalysts to extract nitrogen and hydrogen from water vapor, the device produced enough ammonia with a sufficiently high concentration for use as a hydroponic fertilizer – all without the need for additional electricity or radiation.New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2024
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Generously coat the inside of a large bundt pan with softened butter. 2.Martin Sorge, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2024
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In 2019, she was arrested again after jumping over the wall of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s mansion while wearing a serape and sombrero.Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
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In 2018, Valero worked with the Tamayo brothers, of one of the last remaining serape-weaving families, to create Bouquets, a series of 12 collagelike rugs that pushed formal boundaries with semicircles and ellipses that overspilled the rectangular perimeter’s edges.New York Times, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2021
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Sure, amid the flurry of finding gifts and wrapping everything elaborately, who has time to stack meringues and glue them together with buttercream?Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
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Then wrap the dough around each chocolate ball and bake; the cookies spread and collapse around the chocolate.Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Rihanna draped herself in a deliberately rangy stole.Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
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The building opened on Jan. 14, 1950, with a gala event attended by men in suits, women in cocktail dresses wrapped in mink stoles.Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024
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Joe Burrow is ready to sport a different kind of uniform — one with a suit and cape.Shyla Watson, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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During this time, the designer cultivated a signature look—body-conscious gowns that were often covered in dazzling crystals and sequins, and punctuated with fabulous feather boas or capes.Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
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Mexican plum trees are mantled with snowy white blossoms.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Mar. 2024
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The home’s front entry is cloistered with native plantings that also mantle the grounds: ‘Ohi’a lehua, Koa, Puakenikeni, ‘A’ali’i, and Alahe’e.R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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Snow could blanket the state Wednesday into Thursday as a small storm develops over northern New England.Staff report, Hartford Courant, 3 Dec. 2024
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Carter issues blanket pardon for Vietnam War draft dodgers On his first full day in office in 1977, former President Carter followed through on his campaign promise to pardon draft dodgers in the Vietnam War, an effort to put the bitter divisions caused by the war in the past.Ella Lee, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
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Failure to confront and anticipate social and environmental issues and their consequences is being sheeted back to boards and executives.The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Some of the larger items that will be exempt from sales taxes include a portable generator with a sales price of $3,000 or less, a tarpaulin or another kind of waterproof sheeting with a sales price of $100 or below, and a ground anchor system totaling $100 or less.Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2023
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“Shawl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shawl. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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