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
The Ugandan - who was wearing a Wallace tartan kilt in his country's colours - thanked those who had made the multi-sports event possible.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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
At a Sacramento stop Friday, he bounded around chatting with about four dozen mostly union supporters, wearing trademark Nikes, this time a vintage pair with a tartan plaid swoop.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
The Gryffindor party ended only when Professor McGonagall turned up in her tartan dressing gown and hair net at one in the morning, to insist that they all go to bed.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
There’s plenty to love about “Blood of My Blood,” especially a return to the 18th century Highlands, with tartans, castles and craggy tors aplenty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
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
There’s a similar blend of heritage and fashion in the Highlands, where tweed acts as a foil to the more ceremonial tartans.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 14, 2021
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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