carpet
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Stars from “The Pitt,” “Hacks” and “Pluribus” walked the red carpet ahead of the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The world's top athletes arrived on the eve of the championship for a red carpet event featuring photoshoots.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Comedy lead actress nominees sure to rule the carpet include Quinta Brunson, Ayo Edebiri and Elle Fanning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
"There's comedy there, and if we just stay miserable about it, we just make ourselves worse," he told AFP on the red carpet at the premiere in the Canadian city.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
The children intercepted her on the way down, but she could not get her balance and sank to the carpet in a daze.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
"As long as I have the strength and the days ahead of me, I will continue doing this work," said Mushtaq Ahmad, 75, who has been weaving carpets for 50 years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
She panics on red carpets and says interviews make her nervous, although she certainly doesn’t seem it today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Now it is migrating from the runways and red carpets to everyday shoppers—and it’s not exactly going smoothly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
And on red carpets and film festivals, you can find movie and industry leaders feeding their four favorite films into a microphone emblazoned with Letterboxd’s orange, green and blue dot logo.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Inside the building, the linoleum-floored hall, unlike the halls of the Mountain View Inn, was a broad smooth highway with no rough carpets to wear down the already thin tires of a little motorcycle.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
Swaths of the region are carpeted in grasses that each year grow and then die, creating what Acuña described as a patchwork of layers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
That the world is made of green fields carpeted with sweet grass, where nothing bad ever happens.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Trump shared photos of the suspected shooter, shirtless and in handcuffs facedown on a carpeted floor, in what appears to be the Hilton lobby.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
Epstein’s carpeted office and library was in an oceanfront building that was a short walk from his principal bedroom and pool area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
The slopes along the coast had once been carpeted with grasses and flowers, but now they were a wasteland.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
“Additional updates throughout the home include refinished hardwood floors, fresh interior paint, new carpeting, and a remodeled guest bathroom,” the description notes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Movie theaters with patterned carpeting have been deemed liminal, as have fast-food restaurants, parking garages and malls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Working together, the couple removed the shag carpeting and wood paneling from the first floor and the stairway, installing drywall in their place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
It has refurbished fitting rooms with soft lighting, nicer carpeting and more chairs to make them more appealing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Arms folded, they considered the shag carpeting while their brokers talked about “potential.”
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
