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carpet

[kahr-pit] / ˈkɑr pɪt /
NOUN
nappy floor covering
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But behind the glamorous television appearances and red carpet moments is a story that began in a council house with a young girl determined to make it on the small screen.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

But allow me to be the boring, sober voice of reason: There’s a vast ocean of cruises between living frugally and rolling out the proverbial red carpet every time you step outside your front door.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The assembled Defense Department officials gave the Venezuelan billionaire the red carpet treatment, lining up to shake his hand, according to people familiar with the meeting.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Soon, Matt is walking the red carpet alongside the actor who replaced him in the movie he was shooting before the attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

I clung to it as it dragged across carpet.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

In recent months, artsy shots of glossy naked nails have been flooding social media and taking over fashion runways and red carpets, which some are viewing as the latest symbol of "quiet luxury".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Her work appears mostly on red carpets, onstage and in museum collections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Her influence is why she and her husband are invited to red carpets and field sponsorship offers.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

"As long as I have the strength and the days ahead of me, I will continue doing this work," said Mushtaq Ahmad, 75, who has been weaving carpets for 50 years.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

As we pray, standing in lines on red carpets, I wonder how many people have stood on this very spot, over hundreds of years.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

We meet Mona in media res, nervously tapping her shoes on the carpeted lobby floor and fretting over her audition.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

Swaths of the region are carpeted in grasses that each year grow and then die, creating what Acuña described as a patchwork of layers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Depending on where you are reading this, your doormat may have been carpeted with colourful leaflets for weeks and your TV and social media feeds chocca with political promises.

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

Trump shared photos of the suspected shooter, shirtless and in handcuffs facedown on a carpeted floor, in what appears to be the Hilton lobby.

From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026

After centuries of these baths, gold dust carpeted the lake floor.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

AFP video footage showed that the fire had burned down the mosque's interior carpeting and blackened the walls.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Luckily, she found both at the South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach, which her team covered in red carpeting to stay faithful to the Sherman Oaks mall’s original design.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Its bright orange shade looked almost neon against the phantasmagoric roses bursting from the carpeting and wallpaper—every inch of this underworld custom-calibrated for a blindingly colorful ride.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Embassy, which had been closed since 2019, workers have been scrubbing mold, rolling out fresh wall-to-wall carpeting and installing new air conditioning units.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

The carpeting was institutional, with a hectic, stain- camouflaging pattern.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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