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as in to bandage
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt
wrapped her waist with a colorful silk sash
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as in to envelop
to surround or cover closely
a sinister darkness seemed to wrap the lonely cabin
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as in jacket
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Recent Examples of wrap
Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024
His greatest feat may be the hot dog, a thick sausage wrapped in flaky croissant dough covered in everything bagel seasoning.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
Topping off each pair is a strappy buckle detail that matches the one on this flowy wrap.
—Miles Walls, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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On Sunday around 11:30 a.m. voting at St. Luke's United Methodist Church took about an hour, and over at International Marketplace Coalition, voting took an hour and 45 minutes altogether as lines wrapped around inside the building.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024
His greatest feat may be the hot dog, a thick sausage wrapped in flaky croissant dough covered in everything bagel seasoning.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Grilled Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
These few-bite lettuce wraps manage to pack in so much flavor.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
Topping off each pair is a strappy buckle detail that matches the one on this flowy wrap.
—Miles Walls, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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Despite the incident, the reporter, Ryan Gamboa, continued covering the event after being bandaged by Kunce and was then treated for a minor injury at a hospital.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Advertisement In an interview with ABC7, Deasy appears battered, with a bloody forehead and bandaged and bruised arms.Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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First, a gorgeous Saint Candle created by innovative music executive, Ira DeWitt, that not only includes holy oil and envelops your world in scented luxury, but each candle supports St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
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That’s why California’s Montage Health Ohana campus—a behavioral health center for children and youth, which opened in December—is enveloped by oak trees, rosemary, and lavender plants.Jeff Wilser, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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While the Princess of Wales paired the cross with a velvet purple floor-length dress by Catherine Walker, Kardashian opted to marry the 5.25-carat necklace with pearl chokers and an ivory shawl cape.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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Her ticket to the masquerade got lost in the shawl vault.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
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Hudson wears Old Navy’s High-Rise Rockstar jeans in Black Shine, long-sleeve velvet top and black faux-fur jacket in the festive campaign.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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Variations on that theme dominated the runway, with dense, glittering embroideries on evening columns, sculptural cocktail dresses, jumpsuits and cropped jackets, all teasing color cosmetics, a category that the brand has yet to introduce.Jennifer Weil, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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If the surface had holes, these curves circled around the holes forever, never taking an exit.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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With the busing, migrants are circled around inside Mexican territory in a merry-go-round strategy that forces them to repeatedly pay off immigration agents, kidnappers and smugglers.Emily Green, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2024
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The conservative values still run deep in Livingston County, where rural farmland encloses its few urban areas.Sonja Krohn and Siddhi Choubey, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
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The theory is supported by recent efforts to uncover the identity of our most recent prokaryotic ancestor — the ancient cell that first enclosed a bacterium, resulting in the eukaryotic cell type.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
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Roach traipsed through the glass doors of the lobby, tossing his stole in Black’s general direction.Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Back to the fashion: Jolie’s faux fur stole wasn’t her only surprising sartorial choice in the summer heat.Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2024
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See our other favorite winter coats and parkas of 2025.Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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For its second collaboration with Junya Watanabe Man, Italian outerwear brand C.P. company has revisited its signature fishtail parka.Martino Carrera, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Wrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrap. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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