curtains

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Multiple viral videos posted earlier this year show shoppers using chewing gum to stick fitting room curtains to the wall, saying the curtains would not stay full closed on their own.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

I didn’t want my outfit to be louder than the curtains.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

"I opened up the lounge curtains just to be blasted with blue lights," he explained.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

It begins with a suburban idyll, bedroom curtains milky white in the morning sunlight, a mother waking to the radio, father and son out for an early bike ride.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

It’s muggy inside with all the windows and curtains closed to keep out the sun, and I start to feel faint.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar