tippet

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Recent Examples of tippet Ben Christensen hooked the 31.55-pound catfish while casting an olive-colored creek damsel fly on 12-pound tippet with a 4-weight rod in the Pedernales River. Pete Thomas, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2021 Simply slide the notched cylinder down the tippet to the fly and twist your wrist, freeing the hook. Greg Thomas, Outside Online, 27 May 2022 The Beartooth Package includes the rod, rod tube, rod sock, line, line holder, flies, and tippet. Necee Regis, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023 Basic gear like nippers, forceps to pinch barbs or remove hooks, tippet to attach new flies to the leader, and some good wading or water shoes are good to have. Outside Online, 9 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for tippet
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Noun
  • Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak); social calls, dinners, and balls; the weather; her mother’s health; and people—often dozens of names.
    Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 July 2017
  • Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak)
    Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • Princess Charlene, Queen Letizia, Queen Mathilde and Princess Sophie notably had their heads covered with mantillas that matched their outfits at Pope Leo's inauguration mass, while Grand Duchess Maria Teresa skipped the accessory.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 19 May 2025
  • Women are largely expected to wear a matching mantilla, a lace veil, while in the pope’s presence.
    Mikelle Street, Footwear News, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • Princess Kate's appearance at the Order of the Garter ceremony, where members of the order wear regal blue velvet capes with an ostrich plume hat, marked a return to the annual event after missing it last year.
    Stephanie Petit, People.com, 16 June 2025
  • Young supporters wrapped Mexican and Nicaraguan flags around their necks like capes.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.
    Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2020
  • On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
Noun
  • Individual mantas have been identified through photo-ID for up to 33 years—the worldwide age record for the oceanic (giant) mantas.
    Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online, 8 June 2025
  • According to the outlets, the organization behind the narco manta has not been identified, although the Baja California district attorney shared that an investigation is underway.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Cocoon nursing cover looks more like a sweater poncho and is made from a breathable fabric that keeps you and your baby cool under cover.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 22 May 2025
  • Capes on cropped trenches and sleeveless poncho styles.
    Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Last night, Anya Taylor-Joy attended the premiere of her film The Gorge in a strapless white Dior minidress with a pleated capelet that fanned out like wings.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Her third dress of the night was extra special, as her sister, Natali Germanotta, made the teal crepe back satin silk velvet dress with a feather capelet for her.
    Hedy Phillips, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025

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