clothe
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“It could be. But as a deceased priest once said: ‘Baby Jesus was born naked so that each nation could clothe him according to its culture.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
I take the injunction to welcome the stranger and to feed and clothe very seriously.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024
Feed the hungry, help the poor, heal the sick, house the homeless, clothe the naked, welcome strangers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2024
But he said it was entirely consistent with Francis’ call for artists to engage with the poor and the Gospel mandate to clothe the naked, feed the hungry and visit the incarcerated.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
“Or maybe you could use it to clothe the homeless and give them the option to have something that could withstand different kinds of environments.”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Tau doesn’t specifically advertise folding clothes as a capability on its website right now.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Annual events such as the Oscars and the Emmys gave viewers a front-row seat to their favorite stars in designer clothes, while music award shows featured the hottest artists performing live.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
They departed at 7 a.m. on Aug. 17, carrying only two light backpacks with their computers, jewelry, some clothes and a little food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
It also argues that White Fox's advertisements for its four-striped clothes and White Fox-branded socks feature people wearing "genuine" Adidas items.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
I fetch my clothes and put them on.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
So it may surprise some that Talbot’s favorite scene from “Love Story” involves both Kelly and Pidgeon fully clothed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Over the course of American history, women have been expected to do whatever work is necessary to keep their families fed, clothed and sheltered in sanitary homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
“We love to do what we do on farms — keeping people fed, clothed and moving. But we have to be able to make ends meet so we can keep operating.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 21, 2026
North Wales Police officers carried out a plain clothed patrol run along Rhyl promenade on the evening of Saturday 7 March.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
He was clothed in a coat of velvet and diamond dust with long, fluttering tails in the shape of knife blades, and his boots were white spectral leather buckled with lys.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
On a rainy Thursday in Broken Bow, buyers clad in cowboy hats, plaid shirts and denim gathered for the regular indoor cattle auction.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The unfussy, DIY aesthetic is immediately apparent, with an exterior clad entirely in plywood sheeting that has been painted and repainted several times over the decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The film is a satire about an impending climate change apocalypse that’s triggered by the drilling operations of oil tycoon Digger Rockwell, played by Cruise, who looks nearly unrecognizable clad in prosthetics and greying hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
“Who do you work for?” demanded a middle-aged man clad in a black leather jacket, white shirt and black tie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Presently he noticed a man, clad in black and white, coming along the narrow street from the centre of the citadel towards him.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
It is expanding clothing, silks and shoe offerings in an effort to draw more shoppers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
At the time of their call, temperatures hovered around 15 degrees, and the pair lacked adequate clothing, food or water to safely endure the night, according to the sheriff’s office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Jackson’s remains were found with clothing and shoes that were in fashion during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Price said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“In Spain, we don’t have things like this,” said Elena Roig Roger, the founder of Dogtitude, an Ibizan line of dog and human clothing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Which was why I was standing on the pedestal in the tailoring room of my family’s clothing store, in nothing but my underpants and socks, waiting to get measured.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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