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robe

[rohb] / roʊb /


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Standing on a concrete pedestal, the statue will depict the pontiff with open arms, wearing his long papal robe and a crucifix around his neck.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

“That’s Mr. Drysdale out there in the yard. Where is his robe, for decency’s sake? And what’s he doing?”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

As for the Supreme Court, retirement does not appear imminent for either of the justices considered the most likely to hang up their robes -- 76-year-old Samuel Alito and 78-year-old Clarence Thomas.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Chivayo regularly attended the Johane Masowe weChishanu African apostolic church, one of the biggest in Zimbabwe, whose followers can often be seen worshipping outdoors wearing white robes.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Days before the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art officially opens, protesters from the Fair Games Coalition — wearing Jedi robes and Jar Jar Binks masks and carrying lightsabers — rallied together outside the new museum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Victoria Behr’s witty costumes—from the Emperor’s robes to the Wife’s casual shorts—completed the picture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Imagine him whirling around in his rose robes, a measuring string slung over his neck, calling out numbers.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

During the mourning chorus for the murdered King Duncan, for example, they robed the Macbeths in ermine and handed them crowns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Groups of traditional dancers performed, as crowds including red robed monks and nuns watched the ceremony in India's northern hilltown of Dharamshala.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Switching gears again, he imagined himself an Oscar recipient, crowned and robed and serenaded by Josh Groban.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

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

The rider was robed all in black, and black was his lofty helm; yet this was no Ringwraith but a living man.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Horror stories are regularly shared behind the closed doors of court robing rooms.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026

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

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

“It’s before the robing room — it’s when I took that oath,” he told the lawmakers.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2019

“I keep my promises,” he told her, as Irri and Jhiqui were robing them for bed.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin


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