shawl
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The mother of The Times’ art critic chose to evacuate with some silverware and a Spanish shawl, “in case we needed to sell something.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
He wipes his tears away with his shawl.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The Ava Gardner of 1987, in her knitted shawl and high-bridge spectacles, seems to carry no sense of mystery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
But several wore a red hat, scarf or shawl, recalling the designer's signature colour.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
From Frank Churchill’s face, where he thought he saw confusion suppressed or laughed away, he had involuntarily turned to hers; but she was indeed behind, and too busy with her shawl.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Residents used shawls and umbrellas to protect themselves in open-air hallways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Another, Ben Brierley, enlisted his family in making shawls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
"Our shawls are not just fabric," he says, emphasising that most of his subjects are elderly artisans who spin, dye and weave each thread.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
Vendors with embroidered shawls and dresses, bright Catrinas and sugar skulls.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
There stood the Señora, short and stout, wrapped in layer upon layer of black woolen shawls.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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