parka
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It was far higher than he had anticipated in part because the parka was, unbeknownst to him, made in Myanmar, then facing a tariff rate of 40%, which stuck him with $248.04 in charges.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Arc’teryx got the ultimate celebrity boost in China when Chinese leader Xi Jinping wore an Arc’teryx parka in 2021 to inspect venues for the Olympics and again at the Opening Ceremony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
One of the supposed ghosts they’ve been tracking has appeared, wearing Annie’s pink parka.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
Even before those Olympics, it was clear that barring something unfortunate, Gu had a good chance to be rich no matter which path she chose — or which country’s flag she put on her parka.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2024
I’m bundled up in a parka, hat, and mittens.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
In winter it’s not uncommon to see Somalis in traditional dress bundled up in big American-style parkas and stocking caps worn over hijabs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
A hundred workers in parkas and ruanas began to load the trucks, each one bound for a different section of the Colombian capital.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2024
Most fans huddled outside in parkas, ski goggles and snow pants, and players huddled around heaters on the sidelines as if they were an oasis in the cold.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
Dressed in parkas and knit caps, the three volunteers lug crates of power tools and spooled wire into the gleaming mountaintop edifice that some have called astronomy’s “Sistine Chapel” and immediately start tinkering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
Like their parkas and boots, the kerosene for their lamps, their fishing gear and woodstove.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
