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fleece

[flees] / flis /


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A sheep shearer says a giant fleece removed from a sheep near Spilsby is the largest he has ever seen.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

In any coziness competition, if such contests exist, fleece is tough to beat.

From Salon May 17, 2026

His outfit, an Off White hoodie and a fleece bucket hat with a tortoise on the front, is just as uplifting and whimsical as his attitude.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

This is worse because her attorney took an oath — to do no harm and protect his client, not fleece her.

From MarketWatch Mar. 19, 2026

Mama sits in her checkered fleece robe, tense on the edge of her bed.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

Homeowners struggle to get a permit to add a bedroom, and taxpayers can’t get through to the agency that fleeces them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Every year the programme receives around 35,000 applications from people who want to don the famous red and blue fleeces, to see if they can spot a bargain and make a profit.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2025

"Fashion designers need to come and look to see what fleeces farmers have to offer," Ms Hames said.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2024

You can also buy hoodies, half-snap fleeces, dog leashes and dopp kits featuring the A24 logo.

From New York Times Nov. 11, 2023

The two were going over and over among the rolled fleeces.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

No revolutionary, Wood writes, “defended with more vehemence common ordinary people against the aristocracy—‘against being ridden like horses, fleeced like sheep, worked like cattle, and fed and cloathed like swine and hounds.’

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Related: ‘I have lost nearly everything’: My mother’s trustee changed her $1 million will and my attorney fleeced me.

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 2026

Williamson, who allegedly fleeced Becerra’s political kitty when she owned a government relations firm before joining Newsom’s staff, pleaded not guilty to bank and tax fraud charges.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2025

Victims were "fleeced" out of tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per game, he said.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2025

He met up with his brother Walter in Chicago, where he was fleeced and pickpocketed from the time he hit town till the time he left.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

“I started realizing that these DSOs are just fleecing the doctors, like totally taking advantage of them,” said Williams, who amplifies his objections by co-hosting the podcast Just Say No to the DSO.

From Slate Mar. 17, 2026

It dug into the fraud that purportedly precedes the fleecing of U.S. antipoverty programs.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

The fleecing of Kevin, who ProPublica agreed to identify by first name only, was a textbook example of pig butchering.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2025

He’s not the Albert Robles who was found guilty 19 years ago of fleecing South Gate out of $20 million as treasurer — that’s Big Al Robles.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2025

Burt employed bizarre accounting methods in order to conceal his fleecing of the Osage.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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