skirt

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Appeared in the August 30, 2025, print edition as 'Tariffs Skirt India’s Biggest Russian Oil Buyer'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 29, 2025

Skirt hands — along with body hands and waist hands — were jobs at custom dressmakers, common in a time before J. Crew and Chico’s.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2021

Mendoza is active in the Red Ribbon Skirt Society, which raises awareness and offers support to families of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2020

Click here to get the recipe for Skirt Steak with Marjoram and Lime Salsa.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2019

“The only place someone could wear that skirt would be to an Ugly Skirt Convention,” I said.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana