apron
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Police said Monday that several heat-stricken passengers were treated by emergency services at Frankfurt airport the previous day after their plane was held for more than an hour on the apron before take-off.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Shekhova met him wearing her house clothes: boots, a pink sweatshirt and an apron.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Odds are it won’t happen because it can’t; sign-and-trades are not permitted if the player acquired keeps a team above the first apron.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
He filmed a video of himself giving her an apron instead.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2026
Eddie’s mom is slumped over in a chair, and her dad has an apron on, like he was in the middle of cooking dinner when they rushed over here.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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A posse of extras clad in white jumpsuits and little black aprons would occasionally flood the set, tidying up and moving the furniture into new configurations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The team will be offering merch that includes tote bags, spices, sweatshirts, aprons and zines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
In recent years, North Korean TV shows have featured men wearing aprons and doing housework - a sign of how much has changed there.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
Otherwise, Starbucks still prohibits its baristas from posting on shift, in their aprons or behind the bar, unless such posts are preapproved and coordinated with the company’s brand-marketing or communications team, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
He had quit my Aunt Mary’s by then and was working for the McCoy Publishing Company, a mail order business that supplied emblems, aprons, and books to the Masonic Order.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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Theater - Middle School
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Theater - High School
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