- past participle of clothe.
clad
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On a rainy Thursday in Broken Bow, buyers clad in cowboy hats, plaid shirts and denim gathered for the regular indoor cattle auction.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
They were clad in the university’s signature burnt orange.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Had they been plastered, clad in ceramic, or built in raw concrete, they would have lent tangible weight and heft to the vaults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Chloe, a Labrador mix, is one of 15 dogs being coached by the startup, clad in customised data-gathering helmets.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
When they were washed and clad, and had eaten a light meal, the Hobbits followed Gandalf.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The exterior metal cladding of the addition features a luminescent pink paint coating called Pink Kandi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Ed Daffarn, who was the first person to warn about the dangers posed by cladding being added to Grenfell, watched the tower burn on the night of the fire.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Only those assessed as high or medium risk will require the cladding to be removed, but all categories permit the cladding to be flammable.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The new rules, known as PAS9980, grade the fire risk posed by a tower block's cladding system into four categories: high, medium, tolerable, and low.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The cladding of frost on thorny branches was thawing and fat drops drip-drip-dripping.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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