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cowls

noun

plural of cowl

as in capes

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Noun

Some guests come in costumes of their own—velvet capes, lace-up bodices, and intricate braids.

— Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
Then came the silver capes and dark shades that are part of the walk.

— Franchesca Guim, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of capes

Noun

Clean grease from cooking surfaces, range hoods, and filters.

— Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 29 Oct. 2026
Police and the El Paso, Texas, branch of the NAACP are condemning a group of people, possibly including youths, who were shown wearing Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods in viral social media videos.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of hoods

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At the Palazzo Reale, an entire wall is punctuated by Picabia’s loose pencil and watercolor studies of the severe faces of Sevillian women, dark tresses piled high under lace mantillas.

— Nicole Kaack, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Some of the women had their hair covered in lace mantillas, an old Catholic custom.

— Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026

Definition of mantillas

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Scientists dream of making spider silk into high-performing materials for seat belts, helmets, naval materials, and even scaffolds to help repair brain cells.

— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
Riddell, likewise, has faced a number of high-profile lawsuits, primarily involving allegations that its football helmets failed to adequately protect athletes from head injuries.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of helmets

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From roughly October through March, higher concentrations of plankton can attract larger groups of mantas but make the water cloudier.

— Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
Divers captured video footage of Galápagos sharks approaching manta rays and deliberately rubbing parts of their bodies, especially their heads, gill regions and sides, against the mantas’ undersides.

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of mantas

Noun

Just with fewer berets, more robots and a much larger existential crisis hiding beneath the branding.

— Edward Morris, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
The Her Alibi star shared a sweet photo of the pair kissing — while wearing matching berets, red neck scarves and striped shirts — in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

Definition of berets

Noun

Next to the workshop, a small showroom displays scarves, shawls, jackets, bags and other products made from Pulu and Zeter.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Men don ritual shawls and leather prayer boxes, the time of the prayer dictated not by a clock but by the rising of the sun.

— Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 25 July 2026

Definition of shawls

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