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
The Ava Gardner of 1987, in her knitted shawl and high-bridge spectacles, seems to carry no sense of mystery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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
Yet the backlash feels a lot worse this time, says Shafi Subhan, a shawl seller from the region's Kupwara district, who also worked in Mussoorie.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
Mae asked, wrapping her shawl around her shoulders.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
Another, Ben Brierley, enlisted his family in making shawls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
"Heritage isn't just about grand monuments", one follower commented, "but about the things people carried when they left their homes, books, shawls and family recipes".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
For his buyers, the shawls are a sign of luxury.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
The Brisleys have collected their daughter’s childhood teddy bear and her shawls, but they still need to clean the deck and the sofa cushions in the top room.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
Beatrice’s grandmother was sitting there, propped up with pillows and surrounded by shawls.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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