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cowl

[kaul] / kaʊl /


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Finding a suit and cowl made just for him, Damian transforms into Little Batman in order to safeguard Wayne Manor and Gotham City from villains, including a rather mischievous Joker.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

Batman — or “The Batman” as he’s called here, old-style — is pictured as Bob Kane first drew him, pre-Kevlar with tall pointy bat-ears sticking up from his cowl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024

“To put on a Rick Owens sequined cowl or knee-high leather stocking boots is to express oneself in a language not everyone understands.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

That could cause the inlet barrel to fail and damage a piece of housing called the inlet cowl.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

I said, pulling back the cowl of my robe to look up at her.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

The collars this season were a nod to the past, evoking the ruffled cowls and buttoned neck fastenings of coats reminiscent of the 19th century.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2024

Mr. Pérez, whose career spanned more than four decades, was known for his richly detailed drawings and his enthusiasm for stories filled with superheroes — the more capes and cowls, the better.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2022

They both had their cowls on, so Batman had his whole mask on, and so did Catwoman, and then I realized that they had actually taken them off a couple of pages earlier.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2017

Her weakness in combat, when compared to the capes and cowls around her?

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2016

All the archers still had their chain-mail cowls up, obscuring everything but their eyes.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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