stained
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From the floor to ceiling, more than 20,000 books were crammed every which way into shelves they’d built and stained themselves nearly 20 years before.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Property damage looks like stained carpeting, unusual paint colors or damaged appliances.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Looming over the colorless town is its hulking circa-1385 monastery, extended in convent courtyards and stately chapels with lofty naves, offering dazzling displays of stained glass.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Blood stained the white limestone rocks, blending in with the West Bank's distinctive reddish soil.
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026
Nate was happy to throw away the rough, stained shirt he’d been wearing for months.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
