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dominoes

noun

variants or dominos

plural of domino

as in masks

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Recent Examples of dominoes Noah began building with dominoes in 2022 after watching popular YouTubers construct elaborate, large-scale domino structures and set-ups and knock them down in showstopping chain reactions. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 Dec. 2025

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Noun

Jessica transforms the betrayal of a generation taught that work would protect them into visceral cinema, where illness cracks the skin while luxury masks collapse.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Divers wear blackout masks and practice rescuing themselves and fellow firefighters while operating without vision.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of masks

Noun

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
The resident Manta Trust team has catalogued 150 individual rays and uses the world's first underwater contactless ultrasound scanner to check on pregnant mantas, while the Olive Ridley Project leads turtle research across Laamu Atoll.

— Jonny Bierman, Time, 12 Mar. 2026

Definition of mantas

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Their heads are covered in waist-length teal veils, and black canvas work aprons cover their gray habits.

— Adora Namigadde, NPR, 23 July 2026
With diagnostic precision, shifting baseline syndrome puts a name on something that most of us have experienced—the ways in which the fog of forgetting veils experience.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of veils

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Some of the women had their hair covered in lace mantillas, an old Catholic custom.

— Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026
At the funeral for Pope Francis in April, Jill Biden, Queen Letizia of Spain, Princess Charlene of Monaco and Queen Rania of Jordan were among the high-profile royals and global dignitaries who wore mantillas with their mourning attire.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of mantillas

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Other model-specific details include Union Jacks embossed onto the sun visors, an Earls Court 1951 logo stitched into the headrests, and a wooden gear shifter.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 June 2026
Shnaider’s parents were concerned that the fair-haired daughter would get sunburned on the courts, but caps and visors reportedly obstructed her view.

— Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 June 2026

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Faena staff in luxurious red capes circled around them, serving light bites and cold martinis.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
Thousands of fans — treated with Doctor Doom masks and capes — waited nearly days to get a glimpse of Feige’s grand plan for the next era of the MCU.

— Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 26 July 2026

Definition of capes

Noun

The battle of Karbala is known to every school Shia child in Iraq and Iran – re-enacted every year by participants in period costumes – often with horses and camels.

— Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
LARPing, or live-action role-playing, might conjure up visions of Dungeons & Dragons costumes and renaissance fairs.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

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