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coat

[koht] / koʊt /






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Opposite them are two soldiers caught in a blur of motion; one seems to be adjusting his coat or perhaps reaching for a lighter, the other opening a box of Cracker Jacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“An oversized entry gallery with a coat closet provides plenty of room for a home office or library overlooking the elegant sunken living room,” the listing adds.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Under a black coat, the petite and poised Navarrette sits on a stool.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

So, why not slather on another coat of bull and hope no one notices?

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

But I kept my coat wrapped tight around me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Why are the people inserting the catheter wearing white coats?

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Others copped to bringing back years-old coats, kid-rejected snacks, used beach chairs and $800 Oriental rugs—all with no issue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

I covered myself in bits of cardboard, packing tape and foam peanuts and overdid my makeup with several coats of mascara and thick black eyeliner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

On the Northwest Coast of North America, for instance, some Indigenous communities bred small dogs with woolly coats specifically for their hair.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

Everyone rustles coats and programs while the flute players thump up onto the stage, passing the singers as they find their chairs in the audience.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

"This tastes really sweet. It's almost like it's been coated in sugar," said Douyin influencer Liulianzi in a clip liked more than 17,000 times.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

The team then introduced a heat treatment that weakened the force holding droplets to the coated surface.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

One trend centered on the “chamoy pickle”—a hollowed-out jumbo dill pickle typically filled with spicy chips or sour candy, coated with the Mexican condiment chamoy and wrapped in a Fruit Roll-Up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

In February, Henkel announced the launch of the first cold seal solution that works with barrier coated paper, which is both recyclable and suitable for food products.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

All the tiny houses at its feet are coated in black.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

Keurig is rolling out a line of single-serve coffee rounds made of compressed grounds encased in a seaweed-based coating.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

The exterior metal cladding of the addition features a luminescent pink paint coating called Pink Kandi.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The anchovy sizzled itself into the oil coating those browned alliums.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Overhead, through the suspended lighting grid, you can see the raw concrete and steel construction, with its thick coating of spray-on fireproofing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Aldrin, which is 100 times as toxic as DDT to pheasants, is now widely used as a seed coating.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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