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robe

[rohb] / roʊb /


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At the casting call, I was handed a satin robe and pointed toward a small tent where I could change and a large tent with the photo crew inside.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

While she wore a white robe and slippers, Jake wore a black Under Armour top and shorts with white trainers.

From BBC May 19, 2026

There’s so much decorum among judges, this infamous brotherhood of the robe, that keeps them from directly criticizing one another.

From Slate May 18, 2026

He listened impassively to the reparations order, dressed in an ochre robe and a traditional white scarf.

From Barron's Apr. 28, 2026

Mom emerged from her bedroom, tying the belt of her robe.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

The latter wore turbans and robes and spoke Arabic.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

We’ve got all the fancy soaps, deluxe robes and we added a washer and dryer.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

So back to this Thursday, and I am surrounded by other happy honorees in a bubbling brew of crimson robes and black caps.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

"I can't believe I've finished the hajj rituals," Iraqi pilgrim Adnan Hamad, 58, told AFP, as his daughters in white robes, or abayas, looked on.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

Bearded men strode by in robes that reminded me of the silk tish bekishes worn by Hasidic men on Shabbos.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The manosphere’s sobriety is robed in strength and self-actualization, no different than the sleep routine, supplements, and squats that will sculpt the best version of you.

From Slate Feb. 15, 2026

Yet she’s also a protein-loading weight-lifting buff who favors all-black outfits and clear opinions, not a robed oracle speaking in riddles.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

Kabawat briefly greets the robed and suited men standing in line to receive her.

From BBC Feb. 1, 2026

Than Shwe became the top general, facing his own uprising in 2007 when the "Saffron Revolution" led by robed monks took up the pro-democracy mantle.

From Barron's Dec. 23, 2025

It was a photo of a robed woman with a sharp star for a halo and a torch in her upraised hand.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

The presiding judge in the lawsuit, New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, was in his robing room when he heard shouting on the floor.

From Salon Dec. 14, 2023

In response to the note, the judge questioned the juror in her robing room with lawyers on both sides present.

From Washington Times Jun. 7, 2022

Over her decade in Baptist youth ministry, Dec. 24 meant prepping sermons at the church, sending out last-minute Christmas emails to her young people, robing up.

From Washington Post Dec. 24, 2021

Justices Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan have taken to waiting until Ginsburg exits because she otherwise would be left by herself as she makes her way to the justices’ robing room.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2018

Maybe he merely brushed against me as he was robing off the bed.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech




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