clothe
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“It could be. But as a deceased priest once said: ‘Baby Jesus was born naked so that each nation could clothe him according to its culture.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
I take the injunction to welcome the stranger and to feed and clothe very seriously.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024
“To work with an 86-piece orchestra and to cast, clothe, rehearse, corral and pay 128 performers is expensive, and to protect their voices, we can only play twice a week.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
But he said it was entirely consistent with Francis’ call for artists to engage with the poor and the Gospel mandate to clothe the naked, feed the hungry and visit the incarcerated.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Lee had been their contact with the adult world, and Lee had managed not only to raise, feed, clothe, and dis- cipline the boys, but he had also given them a respect for their father.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Dish Patel, 23, from London, says she was spending so much on clothes, food, make-up and skincare as a student that she "maxed out" her £2,500 overdraft and was "always broke".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“This is very painful for us because I had designed my own clothes and sold my brand there,” Tucker said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Abercrombie & Fitch said it is benefiting from tariff refunds, as well as consumers’ continued willingness to buy new clothes despite ongoing inflationary pressures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Shares of Dick’s Sporting Goods tumbled toward their worst day in three years on Tuesday, as the sporting-goods retailer’s bleak earnings report revealed that people needed deeper discounts to buy athletic shoes and clothes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
He offers the bottom plank from the cedar chest that held our clothes and Bible.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
It is clothed and unclothed; decorated and distorted; idealized, stylized, politicized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
One morning in April, a bleary-eyed Michelle plopped into bed fully clothed after completing her grueling 11 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. shift.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
“We love to do what we do on farms — keeping people fed, clothed and moving. But we have to be able to make ends meet so we can keep operating.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 21, 2026
North Wales Police officers carried out a plain clothed patrol run along Rhyl promenade on the evening of Saturday 7 March.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
My usual time to arrive was after lunch, and I’d come up to find Tommy stretched out on the narrow bed—always fully clothed because he didn’t want to “be like a patient.”
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
During the climb, the pair, clad in black outfits with their faces covered, unfurled a banner that read: "When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace."
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Far from the solemn pomp of the Vatican, nestled under the arcades of the mountain town of Santarcangelo di Romagna, a tailor clad all in black leaned over his sketch.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
My stomach was in knots as I pictured myself clad in a lemon chiffon dress looking like a dollop of meringue, doing the Viennese waltz — something resembling a Centrum Silver commercial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Stylish in his misery, he is impeccably clad in a black suit and looks like a cross between Marcello Mastroianni in “8 1/2” and John Travolta in “Pulp Fiction.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
It was a sweet scene, a courtyard filled with students clad in white and blue.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
The Old Navy Global segment offers clothing and accessories for adults and children.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Tucker had dreamed of owning her own clothing boutique for years and poured her own money into it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The case centres on questions over clothing expenses claimed by Audrey Wales, 80, who was mayor between 2016 and 2017.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The clothing company on Wednesday posted a profit of $183.7 million for its quarter ended Aug. 1, up from $141.4 million in last year’s comparable period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
In a letter to Congress, Washington complained of shortages of food and clothing for his soldiers and household staff.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
