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carpet

[kahr-pit] / ˈkɑr pɪt /
NOUN
nappy floor covering
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He refused to leave the pitch for eight minutes before ultimately taking a seat on the red carpet that had been exclusively reserved for Queen Elizabeth II.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

"It was a very emotional day yesterday," Chisolm said on the red carpet.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

And it is not alone: Min Aung Hlaing has in recent weeks enjoyed red carpet treatment in India and Laos as well as Beijing.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Emmys is a fun night where you can run into your favorite actors by your seat or in the lobby, if not on the red carpet.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

He hit the far wall, snarled all the way down to the carpet, and shot away.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

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

A pool journalist allowed to tour the inside of the plane reported that it features leather seats, plush carpets, wooden panelling and walls colored tan and light brown with shades of gold.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

A price tracker by Harvard University shows that tariffs have helped push up the price of carpets, coffee, and building materials.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

When one, an unsettling nine-minute experiment about a warren of dingy carpets, taffy-yellow walls and gridded drop ceilings clicked with 78 million viewers, he made sequels.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

A leaky pipe had dripped water all day and messed up the carpets.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

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

Poised on a colorful, carpeted platform in a gleaming leotard, with a hefty brown braid of hair falling over one shoulder, Folan would spend her program reaching, bending, breathing and twisting her limbs.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

Huge areas of seabed around the Cook Islands are carpeted in polymetallic nodules, lumpy rocks studded with rare earths and critical minerals such as cobalt, nickel and manganese.

From Barron's Nov. 8, 2025

But the sound was surprisingly close, like I was in a carpeted room.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

“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

Some examples of normal wear and tear include faded paint, worn carpeting and small holes from nails used to hang art.

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

Called bonus depreciation, the tax break applies to purchases such as new carpeting or appliances for owners of rental properties, or new computer equipment or a vehicle for business owners.

From Barron's Nov. 25, 2025

Before I knew it, I was out the door, back in the lobby, following the ribboning patterns in the carpeting as they led me toward the front door.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely




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