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noun

plural of shawl

as in stoles

a piece of cloth that is used especially by women as a covering for the head or shoulders

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verb

present tense third-person singular of shawl

as in blankets

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Next to the workshop, a small showroom displays scarves, shawls, jackets, bags and other products made from Pulu and Zeter. — 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 Bostonians with ties to Cape Verde wore the country’s flag on bags, shawls, and most popularly, soccer jerseys during a City Hall flag raising Sunday to celebrate the archipelago nation’s 51st Independence Day. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026 Residents are also often in need of slippers, non-slip socks, and cozier items, such as shawls and cardigans. — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 1 July 2026 Lightweight cotton shawls are expected to be a major summer trend, especially in bright colors and patterns. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 29 May 2026 There is Yaser Shaw, whose tissue-thin shawls come in shades of chartreuse and hot pink and include delicate embroidery. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 28 Apr. 2026 Cashmere wool was initially used for Kashmiri shawls and became popular as a fabric for other sorts of clothing in Europe, such as sweaters. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026 The massage also uses traditional shawls and harmonic movements to free the body of stress from head to toe. — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026

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Noun

But these capes are actually flexible antennae that will allow the craft to peer beneath the Red Planet's surface in search of water ice.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Faena staff in luxurious red capes circled around them, serving light bites and cold martinis.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026

Definition of capes

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In May and early June, snow still blankets much of the terrain around White Pass, while spring runoff sends water rushing over the route’s many waterfalls.

— Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
The Lineage warehouse fire, which erupted a mile away nearly two months ago, still blankets the church every morning with the fetid stench of millions of pounds of rotting food that have yet to be trucked away.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of blankets

Verb

After hair wraps around the inner piece, just pull it out, wipe it off, and pop it back in.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
Its 32-inch QHD panel wraps around your field of vision with a deep 1000R curve, reducing eye fatigue when jumping between split-screen research windows and lecture notes.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of wraps

Verb

Officials recommended Friday that Marylanders, especially those with underlying medical conditions, stay indoors as the smoke shrouds the state.

— Nicole Pilsbury, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2026
To understand why that shrouds a black hole in mystery, consider how no signal can travel faster than light.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 June 2026

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