shawl
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The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Tears streamed from the eyes of Uwde Sliman, a 40-year-old Ethiopian draped in a white shawl, as she came out of the church.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
The song, performed on the programme barefoot, in a pair of golden-feathered trousers and a red shawl, was followed by a debut album last May.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
Quickly, they draped him in a traditional shawl.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
I turned Celia’s shawl right side out, then wrong side out.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Residents used shawls and umbrellas to protect themselves in open-air hallways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Another, Ben Brierley, enlisted his family in making shawls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Young poet Gurpreet Saini, who performs at cultural festivals across India, says he sources his shawls - printed with ombre Gurmukhi letters - from Hariana, his hometown in Punjab, for a distinctive look.
From BBC ● May 31, 2025
Vendors with embroidered shawls and dresses, bright Catrinas and sugar skulls.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
Their deep brown skin glimmered beneath what at first I thought were black shawls draped over their shoulders.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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