towel
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History shows bull markets that get past their fourth year rarely throw in the towel, according to Truist Advisory Services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"I have pretty much thrown in the towel on classic writing assignments for lower-level classes," Paustian told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Yet bond investors aren’t throwing in the towel.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
People can also soak their clothing in cold water or apply an iced or chilled damp towel on their body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The kit was so small that Bat couldn’t even tell he was in the towel except for the tiny face that peeked out.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
It was good to see the Rams celebrate their early L.A. history by wearing gold jerseys and by giving the SoFi fans 1951 championship towels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
The BofA analysts noted that those same-day delivery facilities carry around 90,000 of Amazon’s frequently purchased products, like paper towels, cough medicine and fresh items.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Instead of $1 paper towels, they sold 45-cent soft-serve cones and cheap drinks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Then came paper towels, Method cleaner, dish soap, lime sparkling water and grapefruit-scented antibacterial wipes.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
We had just arrived at the hotel and I went to take a shower, but I couldn’t find any full-sized towels in the bathroom.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
Gary offered Noah his paddle eraser then toweled off the top of his bare head.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
He regularly toweled off his clubs, wiped down his shoes before putting and took on and off his black sleeveless vest.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
At Bolsa Chica State Beach in Orange County, surfers toweled off in the parking lot as glassy waves broke on the sand, although officially the shoreline was closed.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
After whisking him out of the Jogger, I carried him into the house, laid him on his big changing table, removed his drenched clothes, toweled him off, and dressed him in dry clothes.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2019
He quickly toweled off, pulled on clean clothes, and ran his fingers through his wet hair.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
That meant the roof needed to come on, and the court be towelled down.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2022
She sat in the shade, her light-brown hair pulled into a tight knot and slicked dark with sweat, and towelled off her powerful arms.
From The New Yorker ● May 29, 2019
When I glanced over as we towelled off during the break, he didn’t look nearly as tired as I hoped.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016
He towelled himself vigorously, making the muscles of his biceps ripple, then he sat down on the rocks and reached for his pipe.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
He washed his hands and face and towelled himself dry, making little sound.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
Fernando is over on the bench, toweling off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2024
After a thorough rinsing and before toweling them dry, I give my scallops a milk bath, letting them soak for as long as it takes to prep my ingredients.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2024
Ruidiaz posted to his Instagram stories video of teammates toweling off.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024
Medvedev said he felt dizzy afterward and that both he and Rublev rubbed their faces raw by toweling off so frequently.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
The nurse whispered to the doctor, and the doctor nodded and began unpacking the bloody toweling.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
"When I was little, we still had the terry towelling nappies and they had to be washed and hung on the line. So I think with disposable nappies it's easier," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
"I became known for being in those meetings wearing a towelling robe."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
He shuffled around their flat on Paris’s chic Boulevard Saint-Germain in his black towelling dressing gown, seeming unusually gloomy as he dunked his buttered toast into milky coffee.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2016
It is modern, covers 800 acres, employs 14,000 and produces a steady 90 tonnes of towelling a day.
From Economist ● Jul. 9, 2015
Mack came back dabbing at his mouth with wet towelling.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
