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tassel

[tas-uhl] / ˈtæs əl /




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Those still open tend to have generators, menus priced in dollars and a clientele of well-connected Cubans, decked in salmon shirts and tassel loafers.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

The traditional velvet cap features embroidered initials, button and tassel and a hand-embroidered clementine in honour of his wife Clementine.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2024

A smaller tassel allows more light to reach the leaves.

From Science Magazine Oct. 25, 2023

“When you move that tassel, you are moving education and the love of education into your heart forever.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 28, 2023

She wound my braid into a tight ball, then arranged and snipped the loose silk strands until they fell into a neat tassel.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

For the life of me, I can’t figure out the correct way to tie the gown’s tassels.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

In keeping with the tradition of Yuletide pullovers, Yiayia knits a bright-red Christmas sweater adorned with tassels and bells for her grandson’s dog.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

A woman dances in the spotlight, the glittering tassels on her dress shivering and swaying in tandem with her moves.

From BBC Dec. 26, 2024

And she does accessorize in other areas of her life, too, she said, pointing to various tassels she has for her Bogg Bag.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2024

The auditorium erupted again and Tucker could barely hide his grin as he walked back to his seat, twirling his silver salutatorian tassels.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

Clover’s long, tasseled ears collect leaves, grass, and assorted debris on walks, and she scratches them out semiregularly.

From Slate Jun. 20, 2026

Jay Kay arrived to a scream of recognition from older members of the audience, suited up in a tasseled white cowboy jacket and pink jeans.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2025

We couldn’t look away when Hector “Macho” Camacho wore a tasseled Roman gladiator skirt to fight “Sugar” Ray Leonard in 1977.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2023

A military leader or ruler, he wears a tasseled hat, rides a caparisoned mount, and is accompanied by dozens of smaller figures, a sculptural demographic of Kajola’s citizenry.

From New York Times Oct. 16, 2022

His hair is carefully combed back, and he looks taller than usual in a flawless, tasseled captain’s uniform.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

There are reports were corn in southern Illinois is only 2 to 3 feet tall and tasseling, he said.

From Reuters Jun. 28, 2012

Barring disaster, his 42 acres of tall tasseling corn will be worth at least $2,500 in October.

From Time Magazine Archive

The harsh weather arrived just as the corn was entering its crucial tasseling stage and kernels were starting to form.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some corn is tasseling weeks ahead of schedule, and an early harvest is in prospect.

From Time Magazine Archive

The girls sat gazing out on the beautiful rolling fields of blue grass and tasseling corn, which Molly knowingly remarked promised an excellent crop.

From Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days by Nell Speed

A tasselled blue Texan-style ensemble -- complete with a cowboy hat for the robot -- and a retro silver puffer jacket were among the looks showcased at the event on Thursday.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

There were also velvet suits, unbuttoned silky shirts and tasselled dresses and skirts.

From Reuters Sep. 22, 2023

Wearing a long tasselled silver shirt and matching trousers, he shimmered as he charged around the stage, joined by a troupe of dancers on a rotating platform.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2023

The Undercover Boss: Players are always shocked at the end of the game to learn that their new teammate—a shrunken septuagenarian in tasselled loafers and an Afro wig—is actually their team’s billionaire owner!

From The New Yorker Dec. 16, 2019

There was a visiting cardinal in the glorious tasselled hat which still adorns the notepaper of Wolsey’s College at Oxford.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Cynthia stood by the open window, where the sweet summer wind went by, laden with the fragrance of newly cut grasses and the silk of the corn that was just tasselling out.

From A Little Girl in Old Salem by Amanda Minnie Douglas

The tall, tasselling corn now flows free in rippling, murmuring, ever widening silvery seas.

From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Nancy Huston Banks

We know when the first violets are blowing in the woods, and we paint for ourselves the tasselling of the alder and the red of maple-buds.

From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Alice Brown

The hot sun blazed fiercely down on his thinly clad back, and he noticed as he struggled through the tasselling corn that the leaves were already firing about the roots.

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger

Vines bending with enormous clusters of grapes festoon themselves from tree to tree, tasselling the topmost branches with fruit and tendrils.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 by Various




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