parka
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Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara is chatting away in traditional Wassoulou clothes, while Johnny Marr ambles past in an equally traditional Mancunian parka.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Arc’teryx got the ultimate celebrity boost in China when Chinese leader Xi Jinping wore an Arc’teryx parka in 2021 to inspect venues for the Olympics and again at the Opening Ceremony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
Then she deduces Heiss must have gotten the parka from Clark and asks where he is.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
In pops a grimy twin with a tattered T-shirt and snow-splattered jeans under a furry parka, out pops a glammed-up twin in a peek-a-boo ribbon dress and heels.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Deep inside the parka pocket, Ralph felt sad, brave and noble, frightened and bewildered.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
Puffer jackets cut like dresses and huge parkas topped with XXL fake fur hats completed the look of the "hot as ice" team, as one jumper had it.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
In winter it’s not uncommon to see Somalis in traditional dress bundled up in big American-style parkas and stocking caps worn over hijabs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
A hundred workers in parkas and ruanas began to load the trucks, each one bound for a different section of the Colombian capital.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2024
As sprinkles turned to rain late in the second half, the announced crowd of 30,102 pulled on ponchos and parkas.
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024
The skin was metallic silver-gold and so beautiful that even the velveteen parkas of the children from Mekoryuk paled by comparison.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
