shades
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Journalists and some White House staff boarded Air Force One and were reportedly told to close their window shades.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Dispatches sent by pool media on board noted a Secret Service order that window shades be lowered during takeoff -- an unusual instruction outside of combat zones.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
To help conceal the plot, which one anonymous U.S. official called a “deception operation,” White House officials made journalists aboard Air Force One close their window shades.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Family, friends and neighbors filled the frames with dancing and dominoes; their apartments painted in shades of mint, butter yellow and palomino pink, flecked with a patina cultivated by humidity and time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
There were only two small windows, which were closed with the shades drawn even though it was a nice day.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
