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wrap

[rap] / ræp /
NOUN
clothing that is worn over for warmth
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If there is a will, he will likely have named an executor to wrap up his affairs, pay any remaining debts and ensure his wishes are upheld.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

The company wants to wrap up the litigation by late September to avoid a higher payout to Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

"I can't really wrap my mind over it," said an emotional Kim of his win.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

But I think we’re close to the point now where I think we need to wrap this up because you also need finality.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

I scrubbed her off as best I could, being gentle with her sore places, combed her hair, and let her wrap up in one of Mama’s leftover shirts.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

The exact format which will be broadcast from Monday is being kept under wraps.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

That’s because new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh is likely to keep any insight about how close the Fed is to tightening its monetary policy under wraps, experts say.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

The trades were among the more than 21,000 moves by Trump’s investment accounts that were largely kept under wraps until a 900-page government disclosure filing this week.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The term wraps this week and Amicus is with you all the way for clear-eyed analysis of the final raft of decisions.

From Slate Jun. 29, 2026

She pinches all our cheeks in turn, then wraps Mom in a big hug.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

“Lindsey wrapped his arms around me and promised that he would always be there for me,” Graham said in 2015 when her brother was running for president.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

And Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto wrapped up his first-half campaign with his highest-scoring start of the season; he surrendered six runs in six innings.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

You have to believe in what is under the lid, behind the frost, wrapped in parchment, waiting to become itself again.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

The Federal Court's decision came after a three-week trial which wrapped up last month, in which about two dozen witnesses gave evidence including Gillham and senior MSO executives.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Sadie, ever loyal to my mom, had slipped it into my bag, neatly wrapped in foil, saying it was for the three of us.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

But this time the earth was not wrapt in slumber or swathed in mist.

From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

It was wrapt in skins, and placed in the ground in the same position it once occupied in the mother’s womb.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

You should know," she quietly observed, looking up from her book with a serious wrapt expression which seemed as if reflected from beyond the gates, "that the world and I have parted company.

From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

And though like a mourner that sits by a tomb, I am wrapt in a mantle of care; Yet the grief of my bosom—oh! call it not gloom— Is not the black grief of despair.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert

The problem was the launch of the z17 mainframe program, which the company expected to be wrapping up during the second quarter.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

The beginnings of “Stuart” trace back to when “Big Bang Theory” was wrapping up its run and Lorre casually asked Sussman to keep him posted on what he was doing next, but didn’t elaborate.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

It added that the changes to its gift wrapping services would make it more accessible.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Greenspan delighted in his ability to keep markets and politicians on their toes by wrapping his views in complex, garbled syntax.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

She held out two cardboard tubes, the kind that wrapping paper came curled around.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon




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