blanket
Example Sentences
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The economic costs of last month’s massive winter storm Fern, which blanketed half the country in snow and knocked out power to more than a million people, could be historic.
From Barron's
It can sometimes feel like a blanket against the cold, a salve against a wound.
From Literature
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I drew his sleeping cloth over him, but he asked for his wool blanket.
From Literature
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A huge snow and ice storm blanketed the country late in January.
From MarketWatch
He gives it five stars for its "array of increasingly bonkers skits", saying that watching it "gives the sense of being wrapped in a warm, felt-based comfort blanket".
From BBC
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