appliqué
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Gallina, 75, was clad in a floor-length dark green striped appliqué jacket and clutching a paper ticket when she declared the Olympics to be a nuisance that has “nothing to do with Milan’s essence.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
“Nevertheless, the black appliqué still draws attention and makes her stand apart from everybody else.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2022
The Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. sat with first lady Jill Biden, who had an embroidered appliqué of a sunflower, the country’s national flower, added to her blue dress.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2022
“From the 3-D appliqué to the peplum detailing and oversized crystals, the details on the dress embodied what I was looking for,” Ms. Beaudry Westin said.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2020
A sixteenth-century hanging of silk and velvet appliqué, now preserved in Madrid, is typical of the best Spanish work.
From Quilts Their Story and How to Make Them by Webster, Marie D. (Marie Daugherty)
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Internment
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"The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol
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English Words Derived from French, List 11
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