mitten
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People kept partying but I needed to hunt for the lost and found station, which had thoughtfully posted a picture of my mitten online.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
The day he arrived, on the bottom of a fishing boat, along with about 80 seasick travellers, he was hired by a mitten factory.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
Hemlock is a small town located in the crook of the Michigan mitten, between the thumb and the fingers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
They can mirror each other precisely, but a left mitten will never fit the right hand as well as it fits the left hand.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
No matter how many people spoke to him that day, Ralph refused to come out of the mitten thumb, which fortunately already had an excellent peephole.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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It warms the inside and lets you study the cold without mittens.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
"I communicate with Nuuk from this tablet," Mathiassen said, pulling off her sealskin mittens to turn on the device.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
There were plenty of intrepid female war reporters, but on Flanner’s sole trip to a battlefield, she dressed in pink pants; red, fur-lined cowboy boots; and matching mittens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
She and other women used socks as scarves, sleeves and mittens but were threatened with fines if they continued to misuse the garments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
He put on the dry socks, then his boots and mittens.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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