blanket
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The forest is home to one of the largest continuous areas of blanket bog in the Lake District and acts as a huge carbon store.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Mr. Specht argues that the “the ownership society ceded a lot of autonomy to local communities” and that “local governance has become little more than a blanket veto on any proposal for new development.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The blanket of low-hanging gray clouds known as the marine layer has been essential in shielding heavily populated coastal Southern California from heat, but it has been in decline as the climate warms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Her remarks concerned the prospect of legal accountability, not a blanket prohibition on conservative participation in government.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Duane hit the center of the stretched blanket.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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When it gets cold, many people turn to hot water bottles and blankets - but there are other ways to warm your body.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
"I'm putting blankets on me and then if I get too cold, I go up to bed, you know, just put more blankets on up there. That's the only solution."
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Five years ago, they began filming themselves pulling thick, fluffy blankets of lint from screens the size of baking sheets, sometimes finding tiny treasures like coins or plastic toys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The pledge comes as smoke from Indonesian wildfires blankets parts of Southeast Asia, closing schools and fuelling a surge in respiratory complaints across the region.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
She motions over her shoulder to several overlapped blankets.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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