burlap
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Investigators took a swab from a leftover pizza crust Heuermann threw out in 2023, linking him to a hair found on the burlap sack Waterman’s remains were found in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
They’re the only actors who’ve internalized that this is screwball stuff, despite the realistic cinematography that throws wet burlap on the nonsense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
Hattie has all the affection you’d expect from a grandmother, but her presence brings a singular comfort to “Nickel Boys,” like a soft blanket being draped across a burlap bed.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024
After the fossil hunters had recorded as much data as they could about where Apex was found, its bones were taped up in protective “jackets” made of plaster and burlap and lifted onto a trailer.
From BBC ● May 30, 2024
So he gave me an old yogurt container full of water, and I opened the crate door without lifting the burlap, stuck the water inside, and shut the door again as fast as I could.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
It was burlapped at purchase, which of course we removed before planting.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
All about him, burlapped cuttings rest like tablets brought down from Mount Sinai.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2018
There's an awful big picture," Trudy was saying; "it's all burlapped up, so you can't tell what it is.
From Two Little Women by Carolyn Wells
She bowled Sarah smoothly back to the burlapped studio in time for the eleven-twenty pupil.
From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
But Sarah, in the burlapped studio, between piano pupils, was aghast and bitter.
From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
