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as in wraps
to surround or cover closely
handed me an odd-shaped package swathed in bright pink tissue paper
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as in bandages
to cover with a bandage
tenderly swathed the soldier's wounds
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In another scene, Pidgeon wraps herself in a robe while smoking a cigarette in the hotel’s bathtub.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026 -
Sheeran, meanwhile, wraps his Australian Loop Tour tonight at the Adelaide Oval.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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This ornament, situating them as something between a throw pillow and a hand muff, shrouds the thick-boned fore- and hindquarters that give them a characteristic rolling gait.—
Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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And then there’s all the emerging tech, like a device that shrouds your body in inflammation-reducing red light at Carillon’s Miami Wellness Resort’s Inner Glow retreat, and a zero-gravity recliner at Canyon Ranch Lenox that can rescue you from menopausal rage at its M/Power retreat.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
23 Jan. 2026
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That bite grows over the course of around 90 minutes until our shadow fully envelops the orb.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside,
1 Mar. 2026
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What follows is an examination of Turner's baffling release from prison and the incredible sorrow that envelops the family after tragically losing a son and getting mired in a custody battle with the very person responsible.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
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This process continues for decades until eventually, one day, immune mediators rupture the cap that encloses the plaque.—
Mary J. Scourboutakos,
The Conversation,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Swathes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swathes. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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