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umbrella

[uhm-brel-uh] / ʌmˈbrɛl ə /


NOUN
protective gadget
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The deal would bring Foodpanda’s Southeast Asian operations under Uber’s umbrella, in conflict with its noncompete agreement with Grab.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The immense umbrella cloud that forms does not behave like a normal ash plume that simply drifts with the prevailing wind.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

He puts the authorities' leniency down partly to the tidy and spartan way he operates his business: a bench, umbrella, card reader and table that he folds up and carts away each evening.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

"It's a new industry that is within the tourism industry umbrella that is showing a big potential and where there are very good people," says Rama.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

“Save him!” screamed Mrs. Gloop, going white in the face, and waving her umbrella about.

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl

As the train arrived in San Clemente, passengers peered through the train windows to take in the crashing waves, sandy shoreline and beachgoers relaxing underneath umbrellas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

These are given predation umbrellas to protect them from the hungry fish having a nibble.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Residents used shawls and umbrellas to protect themselves in open-air hallways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Who needs umbrellas when you’ve got a tanning bed, a chin-up bar, beef-tallow stockpiles, and a gallon of only-sometimes-poisonous raw milk?

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

What intrigued me most was how soldiers, clutching wide-open umbrellas, jumped from flying planes and landed on the ground unharmed.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat




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