clothe
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“It could be. But as a deceased priest once said: ‘Baby Jesus was born naked so that each nation could clothe him according to its culture.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
“To work with an 86-piece orchestra and to cast, clothe, rehearse, corral and pay 128 performers is expensive, and to protect their voices, we can only play twice a week.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
"In the cost of living crisis, people have struggled to feed and clothe their children," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024
“Not only is food very expensive, but school supplies have also doubled in price. I also have to clothe my children and, above all, deal with their illnesses,” the 65-year-old said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
My reality was that it was more and more difficult for my parents to clothe and feed me in high school.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
“Sculpting the Senses” presents a passion that goes beyond clothes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Net-a-Porter pioneered selling designer clothes and accessories online when it was founded in 2000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Obviously this is my livelihood so without it I'm not able to eat and put clothes on my back, so it's very important to me," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
It would’ve been even better if it had really leaned into the inspo and cast men in women’s clothes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Heaven knows it wasn’t her clothes; our little watch shop had never made much money.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
It is clothed and unclothed; decorated and distorted; idealized, stylized, politicized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
One morning in April, a bleary-eyed Michelle plopped into bed fully clothed after completing her grueling 11 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. shift.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
“We love to do what we do on farms — keeping people fed, clothed and moving. But we have to be able to make ends meet so we can keep operating.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 21, 2026
Two sisters drowned at a national park beauty spot after going for a paddle fully clothed, an inquest has heard.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
A little bald man was seated fully clothed at a round table draped in ivory baize, his hands neatly folded beside an untouched silver coffee tray.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
The archaeologists built sterile, temporary structures with temperature and humidity controls, and lowered experts clad in head-to-toe medical gowns into the pits atop bedlike platforms so as to minimize contact with the artifacts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
My stomach was in knots as I pictured myself clad in a lemon chiffon dress looking like a dollop of meringue, doing the Viennese waltz — something resembling a Centrum Silver commercial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Under a blazing sun, clad in black and clutching portraits of their slain leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian pilgrims streamed across the border into Iraq to observe the Arbaeen, the most revered event in Shia Islam.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Stylish in his misery, he is impeccably clad in a black suit and looks like a cross between Marcello Mastroianni in “8 1/2” and John Travolta in “Pulp Fiction.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Merchants and craftsmen leaned out of their windows or strolled by with their fat, pretty wives, clad in richly dyed wool.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
The move follows the coffee chain’s other recent collaborations with Hello Kitty, the clothing and accessories brand Roller Rabbit and the fashion brand Dandy.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
This year, the RealReal introduced an AI feature called MyCloset that lets users track the value of all their clothing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The clothing resale companies, all founded within 50 miles of one another in the Bay Area, have turned the fashion industry on its head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
She’s tried to earn extra cash by selling used items like Disney snow globes and ’90s-era Tommy Hilfiger clothing on eBay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
And just on the other side there was a mob of people standing restlessly, third class passengers from the looks of their worn clothing.
From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis
