dress
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They've set up a new campaign called CourtRobe which asks high street department stores in Scotland to donate vouchers or clothing and give staff specialist training to help women dress for court.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
This has since been demonstrated a thousand times over, and much show business brain power has been dedicated to thinking up new ways to dress a handful of basic formats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Sitting in front of rows of cookbooks at her Manhattan apartment, she spoke to us about her new media venture, how to dress up store-bought cheesecake and her trick for achieving perfectly creamy scrambled eggs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Questions about balance sheets and cash flow felt far away inside the opera house this week at a dress rehearsal of "Bardo."
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
“How about one of these? Something not too ornate, since the dress is fairly understated.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Gadi Eisenkot, the man who could unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, almost always dresses in plain black, speaks halting English and, reflecting the military culture that shapes him, responds in interviews in bullet-point lists.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
By the standards of “Street Fighter,” Ken and Ryu are actually fairly normal — this is a bizarro universe in which Bison dresses like a Nazi fashionista, complete with flowing cape and a peaked cap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
I’m not even getting married until 2028, but my Pinterest board is already overflowing with inspo photos of dresses and decor.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Did he say anything truly new at this fundraiser, like that he thinks James Talarico is a pretty good guy or that he enjoys wearing dresses when mowing the lawn?
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2026
Meanwhile, the boys wrapped blankets ’round themselves as dresses and tiptoed here and there, speaking in high voices and pretending to be Swanburne girls.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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On October 14, some 6,000 Indigenous people from across the country dressed in the red and green garb of the Guard converged on Cauca to protest the bill.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Fifteen minutes before: Put out the remaining garnishes, dressed salads and dessert.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
A few feet in front of me, Assemblyman Wright is dressed in all-white linens and Air Force 1s, fielding greetings from all angles.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
The videos on social media showed them dressed as knights in armour, complete with chainmail and lances, attempting to knock each other off the bikes.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Centaurs followed, marching as one, dressed in black breastplates.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Members of Congress: “little mannikins, shrewd, gabby, drest in black, hopping about, making motions, amendments.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2020
The quote from Blake might be bookended by one from Walt Whitman, who wrote that “whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2020
There were many elegantly drest women, of all nations, at Dieppe, but there was one who particularly attracted my attention, and for whom, when I afterwards heard her story, I felt an extraordinary interest.
From Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas by Catherine Crowe
A face that's best25 By its owne beauty drest, And can alone commend the rest.254 10.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Richard Crashaw
It was drest of Course, and the Suppuration that attended it, entirely cured the Rheumatism.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
Chop herbs, grate cheese, cut citrus wedges and assemble any salads, keeping the greens and dressing separate.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
I have always believed in building a family togetherness within the dressing room, with a commitment from every player to the benefit of the team.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Lethal injections ultimately represent an attempt to lessen people’s horror at state executions by dressing up the process to make it appear painless and humane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I ran upstairs to the dressing room, and my first thought was: ‘I got to call Rob and tell him,’” Crystal said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The three Incorrigible children appeared in the doorway to Lady Constance’s dressing room.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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