textile
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Born in 1940, his mother was a textile worker and his father was a former military officer whose experience during the wartime evacuation of Dunkirk had a profound impact on his mental health.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Nearby a mass-produced printed cotton textile shows mangoes against a sea of fireworks during the National Day parade of the same year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
According to Olawuyi, that extra warmth helped covered plants reach the fruiting stage earlier than plants grown without the textile.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
While studying management to help his family's textile business, he attended an aviation seminar and caught what he later called the "aviation bug".
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Mealtime portions in the farm’s cafeteria were no larger than at the cement factory, the textile mill, or the mines.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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Costume designer Libby Dempster works with a variety of artisans, including a weaver, the armory department, the jewelry department, pattern cutters, a textiles team and a breakdown team, who make the clothes look worn in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Mohammed Arman has been working in the textiles industry in Bangalore for 10 years.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Employment losses can also be more pronounced in labor-intensive industries such as textiles and apparel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The EU's trade enforcement chief, Denis Redonnet, said sectors facing "sustained and abnormal" import increases included machinery, textiles, basic metals and chemicals.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
She watched the bored-looking merchants inside their tiny stalls, smoking, or spitdng into brass spittoons, their faces emerging from the shadows now and then to peddle textiles and fur-collared poostin coats to passersby.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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