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
But several wore a red hat, scarf or shawl, recalling the designer's signature colour.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Other pictures show the victim covered in a checked shawl, known locally as a Maasai Shuka.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
“Your lady may prefer this. It’s a superior article, a most desirable color, quite chaste and genteel,” he said, shaking out a comfortable gray shawl, and throwing it over Jo’s shoulders.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
At the family house, Khaled's grandmother Najah Bani Odeh sat surrounded by mourners in tightly wrapped woollen shawls and headscarves in black, white and brown.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
Another, Ben Brierley, enlisted his family in making shawls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Young poet Gurpreet Saini, who performs at cultural festivals across India, says he sources his shawls - printed with ombre Gurmukhi letters - from Hariana, his hometown in Punjab, for a distinctive look.
From BBC ● May 31, 2025
Keep blankets or shawls available for guests in case the temperature drops during the evening.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 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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