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underwear

[uhn-der-wair] / ˈʌn dərˌwɛər /


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Aerie, the company’s underwear and swimwear brand, helped offset the decline with a 25% increase in same-store sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Officers had become suspicious of how he was driving his lorry, which was carrying 28 pallets of underwear and clothing, and they x-rayed it at the port.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

I had all these orange clothes but I forgot to pack underwear or a change of socks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

“Intruders have set fires, burning holes in the floors and scorching wood wainscoting and pews. Empty beef jerky bags, discarded underwear and clumps of plaster litter the worn burgundy carpeting.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Soviet women soldiers waged a private battle against men’s underwear the whole time they were fighting their invading enemy, the German army.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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