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raincoat

[rayn-koht] / ˈreɪnˌkoʊt /


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"I've never had so much use for my umbrella in my life, and I carry my raincoat everywhere I go."

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024

Davidsen starts this “Salome” in a back room of the brutalist set where Herod’s orgy is taking place, wearing a white raincoat, her black hair stringy in a Goth look.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2024

Later, she danced with a yellow raincoat over her head.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2024

Gaunt men and “children, big-eyed and thin,” walked up and clutched the rabbi’s raincoat.

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2024

I was wearing two undershirts, three pairs of underpants, a dress, and over that a skirt, a jacket, a raincoat, two pairs of stockings, heavy shoes, a cap, a scarf and lots more.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Chinese authorities were sending additional disaster relief like food, raincoats and rubber boats to the region, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

It is found in a wide range of items, including medical devices, toys, shower curtains, and raincoats.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

"If Robbie Williams comes out? No, I'm leaving," said a woman next to me in the audience, as the stage filled with random people - common people - dressed in plastic raincoats.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025

Our second suggestion is to find ways to help put raincoats on those at whom the firehose of falsehood is being directed.

From Salon ● May 27, 2025

Some of Mama’s friends would come early to help; Merry would take a nap; Tidings would show Mr. Johnson how to shake out raincoats and where to hang them.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles




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