curtain
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Meanwhile, Paramount is urging us to pay no attention to the Ellisons behind the curtain.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
“What was lovely about that,” Morton begins and then stops, wondering if she should draw back the curtain on the creative process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
If this is to be Rohit's last innings on the international stage, there will be few curtain calls that can rival it.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
IBM has been a bit of an afterthought since the curtain rose on generative AI’s first act.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
I move closer to the window, keeping out of sight behind the curtain.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Thick, red curtains adorned the “window,” which the man used to peer outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
On sunny days, keep curtains or blinds closed on sun-facing windows.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
On Sundays, iron curtains roll shut, turning city centers into eerie, echoey deserts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
She recommends drawing curtains and blinds in rooms facing direct sunlight to stop the air inside heating up.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Sunlight poured in from three tall windows, their curtains intricately embroidered with vines, birds, and blossoms.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Nesma, a mother in her 30s, told the BBC she was taken from her village, also in Latakia province, and driven away in a van with curtained windows.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
Mr. Noseda seems slightly amused by the weirdness of these curtained interviews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Huetter took a break and returned to a curtained area to remove his helmet and cool off by a window air conditioner.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
Hank’s hits streamed from speakers and clips from his televised performances looped in a small, curtained theater.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2022
To my left, a row of curtained dressing rooms lined one wall.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
He can no longer hold back this rage that he has been curtaining off with these civil gestures.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023
Cedars-Sinai has recruited more staff and expanded areas to care for patients, including curtaining off places in the hospital as “alternative care units.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
The curtaining of the Carnegie disappointed a stream of hungry would-be customers on Monday, many of them tourists who went out of their way to test their tolerance for protein.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2015
In one year the F. W. Woolworth Co. sold 45 tons of candy, 5,113 miles of curtaining, 54 million handkerchiefs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Far from devising ways of letting in the air, we tried hard to keep it out by stuffing the cracks with cotton, and closely curtaining the windows and bed.
From Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse by Abbot, Anne Wales
