maxi

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Some of the designs wouldn't have looked out of place on the Wuthering Heights set, including their satin corsets and full-skirted maxi dresses.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

“We tell folks if you’re soaking through a maxi pad, two, in an hour to two hours, they should seek help.”

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2024

The star surfaced demurely from her dressing room and took the stage — not in her usual hip-hugging finery, but in a tiered yellow maxi dress.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Ms. Tillman, the aspiring equine veterinarian from Detroit, eventually replaced the helmet she’d stuffed with maxi pads with a new one, cutting pieces of the lining out until it nestled comfortably on her head.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Kainene looked even thinner next to Olanna, almost androgynous, her tight maxi outlining the boyishness of her hips.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie