trappings
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But despite the classical trappings, this was the loudest concert I've ever experienced at the O2 - not least on a thumping techno remix of Berghain, which the star premiered at this year's Brit Awards.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
In the aftermath of the crime, newly minted fans of Mangione quickly fitted the man with revolutionary trappings, enshrining him as an avenger of working-class power.
From Slate • May 1, 2026
“And then … you’d come home and paparazzi and all the sort of the trappings of, you know, living in that space.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026
Inside its sci-fi trappings — space travel, crazy technology, oodles of extraterrestrials — Pixar’s “Elio” is the story of an outsider kid who finds a new family.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
I miss the old trappings— trappings that disclosed a different reality.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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