umbrella
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Despite the pouring rain, few people carry an umbrella.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
But recent events have shown that much-vaunted security umbrella to be a leaky one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Each successive powerful eruptive pulse sends another column tens of kilometers upwards, from where it spreads into a new umbrella cloud.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The proposals have been shared with Holyrood's committees and council umbrella body Cosla ahead of a public consultation.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Henry stopped to watch them at a distance, resting the ferrule of his umbrella on the toe of his khaki-gaitered shoe.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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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
Residents used shawls and umbrellas to protect themselves in open-air hallways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Some had waited all afternoon in sweltering heat beneath the scant shade of umbrellas, while others, the best prepared, had set up their telescopes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 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
It had pointed leaves which grew along green switches which radiated from the bough and made a tree which looked like a lot of opened green umbrellas.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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