mat
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I took a mat next to the American black bears and American badgers, only slightly jealous that the mats next to the large-scale walrus diorama were taken.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
And there, tucked away in a corner and covered by a baby changing mat, was a blue barrel.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Parents and teachers tried to savor the “lasts”: the last back-to-school night, with Pacific Island dancers on a tapa cloth mat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
We alternated between mat and barre work, using light weights and an exercise strap and ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Apparently he did not know of the regulation that forbade prisoners to step on the mat, for he indicated that I was to walk ahead of him down the center of the hall.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Her physical condition had also declined, with matted hair and poor hygiene.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
The schoolhouse is a dull, matted red, as are other architectural elements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
When you got away from the individual hairs, and now you had these brushstrokes that felt more like matted fur again, there was an interesting reality that came from that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
As erosion slows, marsh and streamside vegetation is rebounding and putting down densely matted root systems that can increasingly stand firm against flooding, or surging waves.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024
Her long, white hair was matted and had a sickly yellowish tint.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
Brown previously explained that the club would protect the stadium's artificial grass by covering it with special matting.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Buttar expressed her shock at the lack of adequate crash matting and remarked during the sentencing that Watts was lucky to be alive, according to the news release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
Families pick the type of frame and matting and then a professional framer gets started.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2022
Some of the bamboo matting gets moldy in spring and requires a scrub down.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
We went on down the clear road and as it turned a corner into the open and went into the square arched tunnel of matting the rain started again.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
