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swathe

verb as in drape

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verb as in enfold

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It shows their desire to attempt to mend fences with a swathe of the country some privately fear could turn against them if they don’t handle this well.

From BBC

Tropical Storm Trami dumped one month's worth of rain over large swathes of the northern Philippines in late October, leaving dozens of people dead.

From BBC

For a few hours, swathes of the Jewish community in a European capital felt as though they were under siege.

From BBC

The darkened stage, swathed in movie projector fog, seems like a studio set in which dreams are manufactured through live projections along with more traditional Hollywood means.

Large swathes of the state have been under water for several years after unprecedented flooding, which scientists say has been worsened by climate change.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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