handkerchief
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There was a tap on the roof and many soaked shirts and handkerchief in water and pressed them to their mouths.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
He says he knows from experience the perilous nature of racing, with jockeys balanced over a saddle the size of a large handkerchief and horses bunched together running up to 40 miles an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Afterwards Nawat appeared at a press conference wearing a tuxedo and openly weeping as he theatrically dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief, claiming he had been "betrayed".
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
The suspect wore black, his face covered by a handkerchief, Barrientos said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025
“You mean to tell me you came aboard in the handkerchief drawer of my steamer trunk?”
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Decades ago, the air was so polluted that her children wore handkerchiefs over their mouths when they went to school.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Henry VIII, who reigned from 1509 to 1547, went through wives like handkerchiefs, in the process breaking with Rome and sparking the English Reformation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Others shake their heads, fold handkerchiefs to their faces and look away.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025
“We had the most matching socks and handkerchiefs — all the details.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
There’s a little crying going on among them, some mutual patting and hand-holding, the ostentatious use of handkerchiefs.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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