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lace

[leys] / leɪs /


NOUN
string used to connect
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In photos shared by the couple, Booysen can be seen wearing a floor length lace wedding dress with a floral pattern, while Donaldson opted for a white tuxedo.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Since then, several technical studies and two test trips with a full-scale reproduction of the tapestry have been undertaken to meet the logistical challenge of transporting a work as delicate as lace.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

"Lighter lace material has made a comeback recently, as well as dresses with a chic multiway neck scarf."

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

There’s a friendship bracelet from a volunteer trip to Haiti, a horseshoe found on a Grand Canyon trail and antique lace from a market in Bruges, Belgium.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

As she laid him back into his wrappings and began to lace him in, his face crumpled in betrayal and he opened his mouth.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Alphie told The Nolan Show that Donall brushes his teeth three times and check his laces six times before he is ready for the day.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2026

Heading into the exhibition I was eager to see what 18th-century ribbons and laces if not frock coats and gowns would be displayed as ancillary objects.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

A spoonful of brown sugar becomes caramel as it melts; diced apples collapse into little pockets of warmth; cinnamon laces the air with something almost nostalgic.

From Salon Nov. 13, 2025

She wears rainbow laces on her football boots, rainbow armbands, regularly posts messages of LGBTQ+ support on social media and in April, dedicated her goal against Everton to the transgender community.

From BBC Oct. 22, 2025

Sometimes he would be proudly bearing my stick, which I had left by a tree when I had stopped to tie my laces or adjust my pack.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

To some degree, the AI race is laced with inflation concerns for the stock market in the near term, as strong demand for chips has led to pricing power for companies that make them.

From MarketWatch Jul. 5, 2026

A couple of days later, I was in our nation’s seat of power, the Florsheims in question laced firmly onto my feet.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

It’s bathed in sunlight that only occasionally shines on an ephemeral memory, revealing that the recollection is laced with as much honest love as regret.

From Salon May 25, 2026

The text of “Service Ready” comes laced with boldfaced aphorisms.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

Both of their hands were laced together and held between them.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

On Saturday, Belfast's Agyarko gets the opportunity he has craved since first lacing up the gloves when he faces IBF light-middleweight champion Josh Kelly in Saudi Arabia.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Ilkay Gundogan executed his effort with perfection, lacing a ferocious, dipping strike into David de Gea's top corner, the Manchester United stopper only able to watch it fly in.

From BBC May 15, 2026

Its asymmetrical lacing design gave players a larger striking surface on the inside of the foot, enhancing the control of the ball.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 25, 2025

It also feels like a moment — to use a sports metaphor, which I’m not an athlete — that you’re lacing up your shoes.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2025

I picture my father hunched by the back door, lacing his steel-toed boots and threading his callused hands into welding gloves.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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