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Recent Examples of striped
Adjective
According to a May publication in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, researchers at UH Mānoa and the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience found Brucella infections in seven species of cetaceans from 2000 to 2024, with striped dolphins showing the highest prevalence.—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025 Los Rayados, the striped ones, improved to 7-4-4 all-time with a win and two draws in Group E.
Monterrey joins Inter Miami CF of MLS as teams from the region that successfully moved onto the Round of 16.—Josh Gross, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
Verb
Discover Madewell’s striped and Uniqlo’s pale blue 100% cotton options, Zara’s chocolate brown shirt with a rounded hem, and Everlane’s oversized black iteration, crafted from Tencel.—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024 While sold out in most colorways, this shopper-favorite pick is still available in a classic grey and white-striped option.—Kelsey Fredricks, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for striped
There’s broad agreement the native owls are at risk, but the animal rights organizations behind the opposition letter this week say killing barred owls is not the answer.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2024
Dogs and buzzards fought over a dead cat in the middle of the street, directly across from an officer who watched the ferocious struggle from a barred window, twirling the ends of his moustache.
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Alexander Sammon,
Harper's Magazine,
25 July 2022
There, with help from her mom, the UC San Diego student applied the finishing touches to her tribal regalia and hair — the latter braided, banded and decorated with real otter skins — in anticipation of the day’s events.
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Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
That $1 raise triggers a $1,000 annual payment spike, highlighting how fragile the GOP’s banded structure can be for borrowers near a threshold.
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