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hood

[hood] / hʊd /


NOUN
a covering for vehicles and the like
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"Ultimately, these studies give us a glimpse under the hood of how these cells make decisions," she said.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

She wears a pearl-trimmed French hood; a dark, square-necked gown with white lace, gold and pearl trim; a pearl necklace; and, with one exception, a pearl necklace with the pendant initials “AB” or “B.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Goldthorpe attended LIV's most recent event in Bedminster, New York, and O'Neil said he was spending time "looking under the hood" of the league.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The movie ends with Ricky Bobby speeding in a car without sponsors, a massive “ME” splashed on the hood.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Clare half-heartedly fumbled with his hood, trying to cover his eye socket.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Israeli activists who support Palestinians shared videos showing various degrees of harassment by Hilltop Youth: standing uncomfortably close to Palestinians, staring, spitting, stopping cars and sitting on the hoods.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

One running gag involves the hotel’s irritation at the nearby goats who trample on the hoods of parked cars.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

Chief Executive Mary Barra’s first job as a co-op student was inspecting Pontiac hoods and fenders.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

A Public Space Protection Order has been imposed at Chelmsley Wood to stop gatherings of young people and to require the removal of masks and hoods.

From BBC Dec. 10, 2025

They peeked through the eyeholes in their hoods, trying to see over shoulders and around big bodies, moving toward the far side of the camp.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

At the time of the attack, Abdul B is believed to have been wearing a black hooded top and white trousers.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Walking down a makeshift runway in a top-floor studio, a model pulls on a translucent, hooded jacket embedded with LED lights.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

Tall, a lawyer, was taken on May 2 in Bamako by hooded men, his family said.

From Barron's May 6, 2026

I’ll throw a hooded sweatshirt in my backpack, too, especially if it’s going to be windy.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

As the carriage trundled toward a pair of magnificent wrought iron gates, flanked with stone columns topped with winged boars, Harry saw two more towering, hooded dementors, standing guard on either side.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

The upper tends to address hooding and volume loss of the eyelid, while the lower focuses on puffiness and dark circles or hollowing under the eye, says Dr. Flora Levin, a Connecticut-based oculoplastic surgeon.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 1, 2026

Zhang, an award-winning author of “How Much of These Hills Is Gold” and “Land of Milk and Honey,” was scheduled to speak at the May 8 education school doctoral hooding ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2024

She attended a Baptist pastor’s hooding ceremony, a public event for a Japanese sister city, and a luau held by a local nonprofit’s C.E.O.

From The New Yorker Aug. 12, 2019

The army general who ran UK military operations during the Iraq war has said he did not know about a 1972 ruling banning the hooding of detainees.

From BBC May 18, 2010

Jon went from one mews to another, hooding each occupant and carrying it to his tour van.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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