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as in to wrap
to surround or cover closely
handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper
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Recent Examples of swathe
It’s swathed in treasured family recipes passed down through generations, amusing stories and anecdotes exchanged at holiday dinners and events, and daily conversations at random places with random people.
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Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
Expect each of these to be swathed in pageantry—but not much more than that.
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Charlie Campbell,
Time,
7 May 2026
The fabric has been twice tested, once just off the Florida Keys and a second time at the Seaquarium in Orlando, where the manatee tank was twice covered over to study the mammals’ reaction to being swathed in bright pink.
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Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
With dark wood floors, vintage furnishings swathed in velvet, and distressed leather headboards, the room feels almost more English country house than downtown Manhattan.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
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Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
Expect each of these to be swathed in pageantry—but not much more than that.
—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
7 May 2026
The fabric has been twice tested, once just off the Florida Keys and a second time at the Seaquarium in Orlando, where the manatee tank was twice covered over to study the mammals’ reaction to being swathed in bright pink.
—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
With dark wood floors, vintage furnishings swathed in velvet, and distressed leather headboards, the room feels almost more English country house than downtown Manhattan.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swathe
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The series just wrapped shooting in Barcelona and moves on to Amsterdam.
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The singer's last headlining trek was the Sweetener World Tour, which wrapped in 2019 after more than 100 performances worldwide.
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Pino is seen in the footage shirtless, in shorts and with his head bandaged.
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Trump has frequently appeared in public throughout his second term with visible bruising on his hands, which have sometimes been bandaged.
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The complex, shrouded in mystery, is at least 2,3000 acres and has garnered controversy for being located on a native burial site, Wired reported last year.
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Dark web markets are shrouded in secrecy, but admins of dark web marketplaces have been identified by law enforcement and arrested before.
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From downtown Los Angeles to the San Gabriel Valley, tens of thousands were enveloped in unhealthful levels of smoke, even as some local officials told residents that the air posed no danger.
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The One&Only’s prime location in the V&A Waterfront offers the best of both worlds - close enough to all the attractions of the Waterfront as well as the city, but still envelops you in a blissful bubble of privacy like only a resort hotel can.
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Though not fully enclosed (which saved on cost), it’s sheltered by a wall of ipe wood on one side and a stand of low trees and plants on the other.
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The trailer was enclosed with a makeshift toilet, a sofa and camping chairs.
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“Swathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swathe. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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