woolly

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At the end of a gravel road, a few children played outdoors, rosy-cheeked in the bitter cold, one wearing a Spiderman woolly hat.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Mr. Ellis’s music can generally be described as woolly folk-rock mixed with a few jazzy inflections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

When it is not possible to keep rooms heated to 18C, he recommends wearing gloves, warm socks and a woolly hat, eating a higher carbohydrate diet and generating more body heat by moving around.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

But as the climate warmed, the woolly mammoths gradually vanished, with the last small herds surviving on remote Arctic islands until just 4,000 years ago.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025

Earlier, when I drove to Gray Horse, I’d been startled by the sight of bison roaming through the prairie with their bowed heads and massive woolly bodies supported seemingly impossibly on narrow legs.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann