ruffle
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The garments that they could not find, such as Bessette’s wedding dress, her rehearsal dinner dress and a tan and black ruffle coat from Yamamoto, they re-created using historical images and input from the designers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Despite hand-wringing over the risk that travellers will baulk at paying higher fares, the ongoing war did not appear to ruffle feathers at the International Air Transport Association's annual conference in Rio, which ends Monday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
Yet it probably won’t be enough to ruffle feathers on Wall Street, especially with investors focused on Iran.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026
Tiley is not afraid to ruffle feathers, either.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
“Here, with a few alterations, this’ll do. We’ll put a big pocket on the chest, adjust the waist, and leave the ruffle off.”
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Because in his time as a resident and elected official, he’s ruffled some feathers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
She first started playing at the age of four, saying: "I went to train every day after school with my ruffled socks, light-up shoes and chubby cheeks."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
We’re sorry for any ruffled feathers, but someone has to say this after the outpouring of scorn directed at Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Cheaper and faster models coming from developers in China -- particularly from DeepSeek and Moonshot -- have ruffled feathers, and raised concerns about intellectual property theft, in the US.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Their pages ruffled like birds settling back down to sleep.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
He has enjoyed ruffling feathers during his time at Holyrood.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
Shriver has become known for ruffling feathers, but it wasn’t always so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
President Donald Trump has a way of ruffling feathers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
It was also a chance for Lamar to make incisive commentary within his performance without ruffling the feathers of advertisers or the NFL.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2025
“Josey,” Karl said, ruffling my hair, “you are looking well.”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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