cape
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This week, the leader of our second-most-popular political party could be unseated in an election by a man who wears a floor-length cape and a bin over his head.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
Bruno Mars wears a cape on stage that says 'The Romantic'
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
One person has come forward to declare he will challenge Farage: Count Binface, the alter ego of comedian Jon Harvey, who regularly runs in UK elections with his trash-can shaped head and long cape.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Sword fighting plus cape plus Francophilia plus hometown pride equals yes, please.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
"But I thought he was fine with the cape before."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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Now he is set on unmasking the caped crusader.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
That belief is patently untrue, but more difficult to measure if filmmakers and studios refuse to take a real chance on their caped crusadettes.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Presiding over the baddies, Jared Leto’s blue-skinned, caped, literally boneheaded man-demon Skeletor is meant to be the fiercest of antagonists, but even his own henchmen find his signature evil cackle to be a bit laughable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Mobile phone footage of the incident was shared on social media, with people praising the "barbershop Batman", "haircut hero", and "caped crusader".
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
A tall figure, completely enveloped in a huge, caped coat, and wearing a dripping silk hat, walked with a swinging stride towards the ambush—and entered the gate of the cottage.
From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Sax Rohmer
The pilgrimage, caping Salonen’s “Rituals,” involves dancer and choreographer Dimitri Chamblas, producer Kate Nordstrom and composer Tim Hecker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
"Superpower" has everything a doubting public could want in the way of reassurance, with its determined hero caping for an embattled nation and who happens to be a huge fan of its president.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2023
In others, however, the writers ply exhausted tropes conflating inclusive storytelling with white savior caping.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2023
All this somehow makes its history-inspired fabrication feel genuine and universal, caping the philosophy that ideals that make the common man super.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2022
This caping technique, which should be done before field dressing to avoid bloodying the hair and making invasive cuts that will be difficult for the taxidermist to conceal, leaves enough hide for a shoulder mount.
From Time Magazine Archive
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