merino
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If you haven’t heard of Allbirds, picture the first time you learned that merino wool is surprisingly soft and breathable for socks.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
Its Wool Runner shoe, made from merino wool, helped draw attention on social media.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
“If I were in charge of RFK Jr. I would put him in a nice merino jogger to do his exercise in,” Giri said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Livestock from Argentina, Iceland, Norway, and more produce distinctly varied types of wool, from merino to lambswool, cashmere to mohair.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2025
The pastures, a lush new green, were dotted with merino sheep and fat milk cows.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
“The lambs appear to display the body wrinkle that was common in merinos in the middle of last century, a feature originally selected to maximise skin surface area and wool yields.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2019
It races past nickel, lead and gold mines, flocks of fleecy merinos, smelters, slag heaps, ports and forests.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once his merinos and angoras were safe across the line Bud would gladly return and help round them up.
From The Free Range by Duer, Douglas
When servants wore mob-caps and ginghams, mistresses wore muslins and merinos, and were passing fine with one good silk dress.
From Maids Wives and Bachelors by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
They wearied James Houghton with their demand for common zephyrs, for red flannel which they would scallop with black worsted, for black alpacas and bombazines and merinos.
From The Lost Girl by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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