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shawl

[shawl] / ʃɔl /


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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

But Dar had already left by then, along with dozens of other Kashmiri shawl sellers, who, after living in Mussoorie for decades, say they no longer feel safe there.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

My shawl was hanging in its bag on the hook.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




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