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Trainer Ben Davison, criticised for not withdrawing Wardley sooner in their first contest, stood poised with a towel in his hand as his fighter survived to the bell.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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

“If a quarterback licks his hands before he throws, or wipes his towel before he hands off—these were all things we were analyzing,” Woodin said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

I towel her down, brush her gray coat.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Chatbots might work for buying paper towels, he quipped at a Skift conference last month, but people enjoy planning trips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

It started appearing in my parents’ pantry in Costco two-packs, usually beside gigantic cases of bottled water, enough paper towels to absorb a malfunctioning sprinkler system and gallon-sized jugs of olive oil.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 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

She carried three rolled towels and showed them a mesh bag of sand toys.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Gary offered Noah his paddle eraser then toweled off the top of his bare head.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

When he is toweled off after a walk, Campbell puts the wet towel over the floor grill so the heat dries it.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024

Then she sat and toweled her face and adjusted her headband as the chair umpire said, per custom after changeovers, “Time.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2022

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

She unfastened the brooch, took off her shawl, and toweled her dripping face.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit

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 washed his hands and face and towelled himself dry, making little sound.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

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

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

He doused little body-con polo dresses in crystals and wrapped technical toweling into columns.

From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2021

Then, dipping the toweling into the water, carefully she bathed.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

"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 grabs the towelling barmat on the table.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 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