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noun (1)

ˈhu̇d

Definition of hood

as in thug

a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang when a gang of hoods started hanging out in front of the store, customers went elsewhere

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ˈhu̇d

as in cloak

something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth counterfeiters conducting their affairs under a hood of secrecy

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The phrase, which started in aviation but bled its way into automobiles, is a reminder to look under the hood and poke around before purchasing a car. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026 In the Season 2 trailer, which was released on October 7, Kardashian’s character Allura Grant is seen wearing a black velvet hood with giant rhinestone scorpion embellishments on the front. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 9 Oct. 2026 The video starts with him bent over the hood of a Santa Ana Police Department patrol SUV with officers holding his arms as his sister records from a few feet away. — Michele Gile, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Wearing personal protective equipment and working under a fume hood provides some protection. — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hood

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The residents occasionally gather in a disused rec center but the meetings devolve into rants about immigrants, junkies, thugs and vigilantism.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
That a Christian man was responsible for the devastation in Oklahoma City certainly didn’t matter to the thugs who terrorized a Muslim woman there, nearly seven months pregnant, by attacking her home, breaking her windows, screaming religious slurs.

— Reshma Memon Yaqub, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of thug

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Alleged violations included wearing colorful scarves or makeup, leaving hair visible or not wearing a chador, an all-enveloping cloak-like garment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
This, Rostov’s main thoroughfare, wasn’t illuminated by the familiar bright glare of its many street lamps, or by light from its windows, now blacked out, but emerged from the darkness all the more gently in a milky cloak of moonlight.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

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Between Two Fires is a zippy historical monster story, where a bandit ex-knight and a young girl beset by visions have to contend with plague and inhuman monsters.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Snoopy and Woodstock line the outside of the bowl in costumes like cowboys, mummies, bandits, and witches.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2026

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On Monday morning, however, a visible veil of grief and gloom took over the previous sheen.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
What unfolded in that rental home in July lifted the veil on a complicated plot involving human trafficking, abuse, drugs and prostitution, according to arrest reports.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of veil

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But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangsters to somehow beat the reaper.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
Somebody like Gilroy or Jeff Kober and Barry Corbin (popping up occasionally as a pair of geriatric gangsters) will come and go in situations knowingly designed to feel contrived.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

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With its magnetic shroud shoelace cover and dressy patent leather toe, the Air Jordan 16 was conceptualized in 2001 during an unusual period of Jordan’s legacy.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Scaffolding was being taken down Tuesday after workers over Labor Day weekend removed a shroud that had obscured the work.

— Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of shroud

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The station is soon invaded by out-of-time baseball stars, fairytale villains, and unseasonal snow, all created by aliens eager to understand the concept of imagination.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Carrie’s focus is also shifted, with the 2013 version finding Chloe Grace Moretz’s Carrie more akin to an X-Men villain than the traumatized, feverish teen Sissy Spacek played in 1976.

— Alex Zalben, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of villain

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Add a bookmark, reading journal, cozy blanket, or handwritten list of your own favorite women authors.

— Ethan Stone October 9, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026
Those with general admission tickets are also encouraged to bring portable chairs or blankets, as seating is not provided with those tickets.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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