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apron

[ey-pruhn] / ˈeɪ prən /
NOUN
protection
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When a New York Times reporter tried to interview a woman in a chef’s apron and clogs carrying a flower bouquet, she ran back to her van.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

He stands there in his leather apron and it's roaring like fireworks.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

In one village, a woman in her 70s wore a green padded jacket underneath an apron as she crossed her outdoor courtyard.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

For this video, though, the 21-year-old used a company-issued tripod and wore her Starbucks logo-emblazoned apron.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

She laid her own apron on the floor, set the bundle of bones on top of it, and tied the apron the other way, so there was cloth all around.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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