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Recent Examples of flannel This interpretation offers grunge accents and a casualness that predates the decade that inspired them by completing the outfit with a blouse that reinterprets the classic plaid flannel. Paulina Berges, Glamour, 20 Apr. 2025 Buy something fun and extremely nerdy Lots of places discount their Star Wars merch and/or release exclusives on May 4, and StarWars.com has a roundup of all the coolest stuff, from Chewbacca flannel shirts and Hoth mini backpacks to a Grogu ring and R2-D2 Clip Charm. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2025 Comments Every time a flannel shirt is worn into the wilderness, the influence of Leon Lennonwood Bean is at play. Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2025 As Doc Odd’s dad-bod doppelgänger, Jackson opts for modest flannel and a shaggier haircut. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flannel
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Noun
  • Meanwhile, microwave 3 tablespoons of the butter in a medium microwave-safe bowl on HIGH until melted, about 30 seconds.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 15 June 2025
  • Use a silicone spatula to stir the butter and prevent burning.
    Staff Author, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • With the welcome citywide expansion of organic collection (brown bins) joining with paper (green bins) and metal, glass and plastic (blue bins), the remaining black bag garbage will be made of nonrecyclable items like those same thin plastics that Sims rejects that are used for wrapping or bags.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025
  • The teen was found dismembered in garbage bags in a remote area, NBC News previously reported.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Someone is then shot with a harpoon, only to have their guts pulled like taffy from the wound.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Boucher was on the hunt for Abba-Zaba, a chewy taffy bar with a real peanut butter center.
    Jessica Ma, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024
Noun
  • Use it to find and retrieve stray nuts or bolts in any crevice.
    Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Vegetables like broccoli, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, kale and asparagus are also included in most low-carb diets—as are eggs, cheese, Greek yogurt and nuts like walnuts, peanuts, macadamia nuts and pistachios.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And there was no such thing as being violated by a man with means: that was a form of flattery.
    Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • Trump has praised the warming Qatar-Saudi Arabia relationship and showered flattery on his hosts.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • But water as the power source for a vehicle is nonsense.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
  • The right-wing media complex has a disproportionate presence and is populated by extreme personalities who have no problem embracing nonsense AI imagery and flagrantly untrue reporting that fits their agenda.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • People should wash any skin that comes into contact with the slurry with water and soft soap, before using a hand cream to avoid dryness and cracking.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Most of the questions aimed at the ironic American director of Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas were less softballs than soft soap, with reporters as interested in Scorsese’s favorite food — his mother’s lasagna recipe — as the movies in his peerless filmography.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • Depp pushes over a cabinet with dishes, rips open her dress and makes a most unholy noise as her eyeballs go up in their sockets, tongue juts out and globs of drool pour from her mouth.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Wipe the drool off your tank top, put some pants on, and get out your mama’s basement!
    Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024

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“Flannel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flannel. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

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