tartan
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Athletes shivered their way through their media interviews and high jump champion Eleanor Patterson of Australia was wearing a tartan scarf while officials struggled to clear water from the runway.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
We took into account everything from expected goals to local weather conditions to gigantic parades of sweaty supporters in tartan kilts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Grooms have shown Boston-based wedding planner Keri Ketterer Walter a specific tartan, a herringbone fabric swatch and “wallpaper that kind of looked like the scales of a trout” for decor inspiration, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
The Ramones had songs based on “Saturday Night,” and they dressed in the tartan plaids of Queens, which is the black leather jackets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
She was wearing a tartan dress—a Campbell tartan, I believe.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
The new tartan has been registered with the Scottish register of tartans, which is administered by the National Records of Scotland.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2023
Like the country’s other enduring Celtic textile traditions—clan tartans and fuzzy, zigzag pattern Fair Isle sweaters—tweed ties into geography, national pride, and the need to bundle up in the often chilly weather.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 14, 2021
The rain, the roaring fires, the tartans all serve as a welcoming embrace for a season that has felt a bit far afield.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2016
Traditional tartans blended softly into a haze of faded orange, peach, rose, nude, russet, silver and duck egg blue.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2012
They were like the devices that held our tartans together, unremarkable, dull, but necessary in their way.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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