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robe

[rohb] / roʊb /


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"I became known for being in those meetings wearing a towelling robe."

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 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

Rangzen's livestream of his death shows a heavy-set man striding across a street in a traditional "chuba" robe and planting a Tibetan flag outside the UN.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 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

The Town Uncle, second-in-command to the Gran, walked around handing each Witchling a long black robe.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

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

"There is that promise of a better tomorrow," said Tinubu, wearing flowing robes printed with his red, white, blue and green All Progressives Congress party logo.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 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

Smithy stuck his bald head through the smoke and said, “He stole robes from monks.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

The Statue of Liberty, the copper-clad sculpture of a robed and crowned woman holding a torch above her head, sits in New York's harbor and draws millions of visitors each year.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 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

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

On the screen the faint, old, robed figure of Mercer toiled upward, and all at once a rock sailed past him.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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 fair for people here to test that robing room rule,” Mr. Whitehouse said.

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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