clothe
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Happ, who spends several weeks a year helping feed and clothe the poor in Uganda, was an ideal representative for ADF to take on the banking industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2025
I take the injunction to welcome the stranger and to feed and clothe very seriously.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024
The agency estimates it could cost close to $700 million to train, clothe and pay the slew of temporary mechanics and drivers needed to deliver passengers to games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
But he said it was entirely consistent with Francis’ call for artists to engage with the poor and the Gospel mandate to clothe the naked, feed the hungry and visit the incarcerated.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
“Or maybe you could use it to clothe the homeless and give them the option to have something that could withstand different kinds of environments.”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
By night’s end, campfire settles into my clothes.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
These are online groups where people give away things they no longer need, like clothes, books and furniture.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
And if costumes help you pretend you’re someone else, your own clothes and accessories help you to become yourself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
She returned home a changed woman—with British bands like Depeche Mode on her Walkman, new clothes and a wanderlust that she eventually passed down to her three kids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I wasn’t certain if there would be a place for me to change clothes at Formann’s, so I thought it would be safest to arrive already wearing the outfit.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
One morning in April, a bleary-eyed Michelle plopped into bed fully clothed after completing her grueling 11 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. shift.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Over the course of American history, women have been expected to do whatever work is necessary to keep their families fed, clothed and sheltered in sanitary homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
“We love to do what we do on farms — keeping people fed, clothed and moving. But we have to be able to make ends meet so we can keep operating.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 21, 2026
Two sisters drowned at a national park beauty spot after going for a paddle fully clothed, an inquest has heard.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
She was clothed, her dress soaked from the water in which she had sunk herself; she wore a calash upon her head.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Under a blazing sun, clad in black and clutching portraits of their slain leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian pilgrims streamed across the border into Iraq to observe the Arbaeen, the most revered event in Shia Islam.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Next to her was a colleague, Santiago Salazar, 22, clad in his black Mexican World Cup team jersey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Die-hard fans, many clad in American flags and US squad regalia, told the BBC they were convinced that whether the team won or lost, this World Cup could be a tipping point for the country.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
In a Bicentennial print, the Luiseño artist Fritz Scholder portrays a Native American man clad in an inverted American flag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Her digital fighter, clad in white karate gear, did a victory dance on the screen while Door’s was sprawled out on the ground.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
The online retailer started as a family-run business in 2004, when Tatyana Kim, a former English teacher from the suburbs of Moscow, started a business reselling clothing from German mail-order catalogs while on maternity leave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The passengers’ extra clothing was wrapped in a mattress cover, and in the center of the group stood a few cans of beans and two sacks of flour — all their remaining possessions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Bex and Faye created the Tavistock Uniform Swap Shop in Devon where people could donate clothing their children had outgrown along with having a selection of new items as well.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
He brought that flair, tailored clothing and a taste for provocation into public life.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Morgan before quitting to open the women’s clothing store Edit New York, and to raise their children.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
