umbrella
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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
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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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