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silk

[silk] / sɪlk /


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People who live through the harrowing experience join a little-known fraternity where members get silk ties and $5,000 watches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Executives at other branded-goods companies in recent months have talked up their newest concepts: silk diapers, Doritos with protein, Pepsi with fiber, Capri Sun with electrolytes and “hydrating” hot chocolate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Artisans at the London fashion house Safiyaa spent 150 hours embroidering Anderson’s bespoke silk reception outfit.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Do you like the imported marble floors and silk window treatments?

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2026

The finished costume of rich red silk lay across her bed, and she was busy draping reams of sunny yellow material across the foot of mine.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Merchants followed the trade winds south from Oman and elsewhere in the Arab Peninsula for hundreds of years, bringing to the African coast everything from silks and porcelain to brass and paper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Her eyes linger on the shelves of silks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

Hours were marked by peals of screams following every uncovered worm wriggling in the corn silks, and each of us proudly showing off our inky fingertips from pressing out purple hull peas from their pods.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

Owner David Proos hoping to go two better after his family silks were carried to third by Rinus in 1990.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025

Then, like a small circus tent pulling up its stakes and dropping soft fold on fold, the silks rustled, the mask descended, the silver claws tinkled on the stone path.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury


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