poncho

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Recent Examples of poncho Enter a car seat poncho, which can drape over a car seat harness instead of fitting underneath it like a traditional coat. Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 24 Jan. 2025 The Ascent features a zippered footbox and dual zippers at the shoulders, enabling campers to wear the bag as a full-body poncho at camp. Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 13 Dec. 2024 This poncho wrap is a boho-chic piece that is designed for easy layering. Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024 Our shoes got very wet even with poncho on. Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for poncho
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Noun
  • 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
  • According to reports from Telemundo San Diego and Mexican publication El Universal, a narco manta — a banner used by cartels to communicate threats publicly — was posted on a bridge and addressed to Grupo Firme.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Bieber has proven time and time again that a floor-dusting trench goes with everything—including jorts and fisherman sandals.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 May 2025
  • Most of the active coronae were encircled by trenches, a hint that old crust dives into Venus’s mantle around these rocky rings, where it is driven downward as buoyant rock rises from below in the middle of each corona’s ring structure.
    Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Now, 5000+ free walker capes have been given away, which spark conversation, connection, and community.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 May 2025
  • The sleeveless dress incorporated a large statement bow at the neckline and a flowing silhouette with coordinated sheer cape.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • In 1879, the company invented the water-resistant, breathable gabardine fabric used in its original trench coats and the fabric has been further refined for full water-proof protection in its latest iteration.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • Drape it over your shoulders, button it up over a tank, or layer it beneath a trench coat.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
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
  • 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
  • The neckline of the dress featured subtle fabric draping for a slight cowl neck and the straps included small gold D letters for Dior.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 14 May 2025
  • Scout went for an entirely different look in a medium brown georgette gown with a cowl neckline and draping that created a ruching effect across her waist.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 13 May 2025
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

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