shawl
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He wipes his tears away with his shawl.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
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
But several wore a red hat, scarf or shawl, recalling the designer's signature colour.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
And a shawl for me, one with fringe.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Another, Ben Brierley, enlisted his family in making shawls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Other racks hold the matching skirts and pants as well as stylized denim shawls and double-breasted, patchwork coats she made for special occasions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
Shabir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Indian-administered Kashmir, has been selling pashmina shawls for more than 20 years.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
The foreign minister saw the dozens of women wrapped in light, multicoloured shawls and holding children of different ages crossing over on horse-drawn carts.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025
They were wrapped up in so many coats and mufflers and veils and shawls that they looked like big, shapeless bundles.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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