apron
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Police said Monday that several heat-stricken passengers were treated by emergency services at Frankfurt airport the previous day after their plane was held for more than an hour on the apron before take-off.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
It’s like walking down to the kitchen and finding the cat in an apron flipping pancakes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Odds are it won’t happen because it can’t; sign-and-trades are not permitted if the player acquired keeps a team above the first apron.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
He stands there in his leather apron and it's roaring like fireworks.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
A legendary grandparent approaches, wiping his hands on his apron.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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They wear matching “The Real Food Show” aprons.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
The U.S. military has since 2019 spent hundreds of millions of dollars on upgrades for Muwaffaq Al-Salti and other facilities, according to U.S. federal contracting documents, laying aircraft aprons, taxiways, munitions depots and other infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Otherwise, Starbucks still prohibits its baristas from posting on shift, in their aprons or behind the bar, unless such posts are preapproved and coordinated with the company’s brand-marketing or communications team, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
For years, the egg has ruled the breakfast table like a sun god—worshipped, aestheticized, endlessly fiddled with by men in starched aprons and women with ring lights.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
By ten in the morning, the aprons were finished.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Theater - High School
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