apron
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At one booth, visitors pointed their phones at a humanoid wearing an apron as it gingerly reached for a toy chicken drumstick before clamping down and lifting the fake meat into a bucket.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
"It is not little kitchens and pots boiling away, mimsy little things being placed on plates. He is cooking with fire... he stands there in his leather apron and it's roaring like fireworks," Coren said.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
He filmed a video of himself giving her an apron instead.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2026
Razelle Swimmer carried around a puppet of the Swedish Chef from the Muppets, brandishing knives and wearing an apron that said “Eat the Rich.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
The dog stops beside it at the order counter, where an older woman in a green apron tosses a gristly piece of meat into his mouth.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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There’s a team of uniformed servers with white shirts and gray aprons, though they don’t take orders directly; table service isn’t allowed under the current zoning restrictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
They wear matching “The Real Food Show” aprons.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
The U.S. military has since 2019 spent hundreds of millions of dollars on upgrades for Muwaffaq Al-Salti and other facilities, according to U.S. federal contracting documents, laying aircraft aprons, taxiways, munitions depots and other infrastructure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Passengers in orange aprons and work gloves crowded around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
All the workers wear maroon aprons and funny chef hats and they say “Yes, ma’am,” and “Yes, sir,” to everyone, even to me.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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