carpeted
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The Daily Star leads on TV personality and presenter Ryan Clark who said he "carpeted for missing work because of an air traffic strike" at the BBC.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
We meet Mona in media res, nervously tapping her shoes on the carpeted lobby floor and fretting over her audition.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Catherine Earnshaw, raised in the “disorderly, comfortless” gothic abode of Wuthering Heights, is seduced by the refinement of the neighboring Thrushcross Grange, “a splendid place carpeted with crimson.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Swaths of the region are carpeted in grasses that each year grow and then die, creating what Acuña described as a patchwork of layers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
After dinner, Mumtaz led me up the marble staircase onto a carpeted landing.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
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