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cloth

[klawth, kloth] / klɔθ, klɒθ /


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Outdoors, people wear masks or cover their faces with cloth, trying to protect themselves from the worst of the pollution.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The Senegalese wrestlers entered, draped in traditional "leppi" cloth wraps.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Anthropic software could never have created songs that sound so similar to Presley’s out of whole cloth, the lawsuit claims, and must have relied instead on ill-gotten data.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

LONDON—The Bayeux Tapestry, Britain’s most hallowed piece of cloth, is back in England for the first time in about 1,000 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

They traded their yarns and cloth and tapestries for grain and potatoes and carrots and onions.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Milkmen fought back in various ways, putting stones atop the lids and draping cloths over them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

His fine cloths made possible a menswear range with neat, precise cuts that could be manufactured at scale.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025

Should these symptoms arise, you should call 911, move to a cooler place and try to lower the person’s temperature with a cool bath or cloths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025

The varnish, applied during a 1975-76 restoration, will be removed using microfibre cloths and cotton swabs.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024

They adjusted her blankets, set up clean cloths and towels close by, and made sure the hot water was ready in the basin.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper


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