carpet
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After procuring my press ticket, I waited for the yellow carpet, where I was asked multiple times if I was “part of the influencers group.”
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
So on the red carpet of Carla’s big event, with Morgan on her arm, Cathcarts serves her with divorce papers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The model debuted her baby bump in May at the Cannes Film Festival, where the couple posed together while walking a red carpet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
The interiors include an open-concept living area with a fireplace, along with a combination of carpet and wood-toned flooring.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
When it was done, when they were safe, they collapsed on the carpet inside and lay there in the dark, trying to get their breath back.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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She panics on red carpets and says interviews make her nervous, although she certainly doesn’t seem it today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Now it is migrating from the runways and red carpets to everyday shoppers—and it’s not exactly going smoothly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Hollywood power couple Tom Holland and Zendaya have been dominating red carpets all summer.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
And on red carpets and film festivals, you can find movie and industry leaders feeding their four favorite films into a microphone emblazoned with Letterboxd’s orange, green and blue dot logo.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
If we start with a carpet the size of half an atom, we can cover all the rational numbers on the number line with carpets that, in total, take up less room than an atom.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Swaths of the region are carpeted in grasses that each year grow and then die, creating what Acuña described as a patchwork of layers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
That the world is made of green fields carpeted with sweet grass, where nothing bad ever happens.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Trump shared photos of the suspected shooter, shirtless and in handcuffs facedown on a carpeted floor, in what appears to be the Hilton lobby.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
Epstein’s carpeted office and library was in an oceanfront building that was a short walk from his principal bedroom and pool area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
And the house itself was quite different from the dark, frowsty, fish-smelling hut of Arsheesh and from the pillared and carpeted halls in the palaces of Tashbaan.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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Luckily, she found both at the South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach, which her team covered in red carpeting to stay faithful to the Sherman Oaks mall’s original design.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Movie theaters with patterned carpeting have been deemed liminal, as have fast-food restaurants, parking garages and malls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
It has refurbished fitting rooms with soft lighting, nicer carpeting and more chairs to make them more appealing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Upon entering the abode, guests are greeted with green carpeting that leads to a white staircase.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
The building had wall-to-wall carpeting, dark wood paneling, and shelves full of thick, leather-bound books.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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