robe
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The artwork introduced tension between Indigenous traditions and Western conventions through the inclusion of Mai’s robe, turban and hand tattoos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Fury arrived wearing a designer robe and a large cross chain.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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
King Charles will deliver the proposals from a golden throne in the House of Lords upper chamber while wearing the diamond-studded Imperial State Crown and a long crimson robe.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
“I shall not be needing the lap robe, Plunkett, on such a pleasant day at sea.”
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
The latter wore turbans and robes and spoke Arabic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Every year, thousands of people around the world don red robes – and in some cases long black wigs – for The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
We’ve got all the fancy soaps, deluxe robes and we added a washer and dryer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Last summer, he spent time training with Shaolin monks in China, the images of shaved-head Wemby in robes practicing martial arts, and there’s a meditative quality to his game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Everything around him paled in comparison to his shining robes, and his golden stare threatened to melt Anansi into a puddle.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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
I would study pictures of martyrs—white- robed virgins fallen in death and the young, almost smiling, St. Sebastian, transfigured in pain.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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
In response to the note, the judge questioned the juror in her robing room with lawyers on both side present.
From Seattle 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
Maybe he merely brushed against me as he was robing off the bed.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
