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The day before that, she gave a bulky chicken Caesar wrap in Minnesota a 9.5, one of her highest-ever scores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
"It's almost impossible for me to wrap my head around who he said he was, and who he really is. I still struggle with that," she tells the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
But the particularities of the sport outside its elegant, digestible, quadrennial national context were always too byzantine to wrap my head around.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
With a 53-man roster needing to be finalized by Sunday, the Chargers wrap up the preseason against the Rams at SoFi Stadium on Thursday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
In case Washington had already been hit, the soldiers would don radiation suits, smash down the bunker door, and wrap the president in protective clothing before heading out.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Amazon also wraps its four processors in far more memory and storage.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
In Australia, these rules are so strict that discussion with outsiders is forbidden even after a trial wraps up.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The couple will put down roots in an undisclosed location, and the children’s school will be kept under wraps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
"It's all been kept under wraps and we want her out here with us," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Frank stands up, wraps Byrd into a thick hug.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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After the trial wrapped for the day, Steven and Amy left the courthouse with Jane behind them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
When the morning finally wrapped up and the temperature started to climb, participants stacked their sandbags into a towering formation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Filming has wrapped for a three-part Christmas special of hit BBC TV show The Other Bennet Sister, as fans eagerly await its return.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
If you’re in the mood for a thriller: Hulu’s sleeper hit Furious—which just wrapped up its first season—stars a trio of knockout performances, but one of its stars towers above the rest.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
When he returned with the basket, she climbed out and laid some coins on top of the stack of wrapped laundry.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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While inland China was wrapt in its customary slumber, the coast provinces, from Kwangtung to Chihli, effervesced in a variety of bubbles.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He rose as he spoke; but I remained on my knees, wrapt and absorbed; staring at the glazing eyes that a few minutes before had been full of life and keenness.
From The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman
His boy ill, little Bertie, in whose life her very soul had seemed wrapt? and she could stand and speak of it so coldly, so calmly as this?
From It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) by Mrs. Henry Wood
A strange calm folded its enshadowing wings around those busy brows and wrapt the imperious monarch in a sweet and childlike slumber.
From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Louisa Morgan
A blessing undefined Seemed left, as when church-bells declined And left you wrapt in prayer.
From Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke
Keys, who won the 2025 Australian Open, appeared to be cruising towards a commanding victory after wrapping up the opening set in just 23 minutes.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
As they clutch their phones in plastic wrapping, the group patiently waits for what they hope will be a voyage to a better life in the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Having left Spotify in 2024 to launch his own company, Alt, Kalia now starts most days at 5:30 or 6 a.m., wrapping up around 9 or 10 p.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
On Tuesday morning, dozens queued up, sometimes wrapping around the shop’s interior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I brought you this,” he said, wrapping it around her.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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