blanket

Example Sentences

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The European Central Bank’s Christine Lagarde has urged governments to avoid blanket policies that could strain finances and stoke demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Still, poppies — California’s state flower — blanket swaths of the protected land.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"But our observations suggest it is surrounded by a relatively thick blanket of gas, upending conventional wisdom about ultra-short-period planets."

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

"The response from haart doesn't point to any alternatives to this sort of blanket ban," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

“Not the hairstyle. The tribe. Was he wearing something like this?” he asked, grabbing at the rough blanket around his shoulders.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin