blanketing

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The winter storm is forecast to move slowly across the US, blanketing cities including Memphis, Nashville, Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York with snow.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Anthropic kicked off its first major push into advertising in September and has been blanketing National Football League, National Basketball Association and college sports games with TV ads for its Claude chatbot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

The Black Summer bushfires raged across Australia's eastern seaboard from late 2019 to early 2020, razing millions of hectares, destroying thousands of homes and blanketing cities in noxious smoke.

From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026

One hole in the fabric of full autonomy, he observes, became clear Dec. 20, when a power blackout blanketing San Francisco stranded much of Waymo’s robotaxi fleet on the streets.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

In its furnaces the power plant burned coal, and out of its chimneys black smoke poured day and night, blanketing the town with soot and making all the floors dirtier than ever.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien