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lace

[leys] / leɪs /


NOUN
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Since then, several technical studies and two test trips with a full-scale reproduction of the tapestry have been undertaken to meet the logistical challenge of transporting a work as delicate as lace.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

They said no DNA belonging to their client had been found on key exhibits in recent tests, including the lace.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

There’s a friendship bracelet from a volunteer trip to Haiti, a horseshoe found on a Grand Canyon trail and antique lace from a market in Bruges, Belgium.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Standing inside her store, surrounded by pastel ballgowns decorated with lace and rhinestones, Leonor felt optimistic.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2026

The remaining Fox Brothers men, no longer on anyone’s payroll, sit and watch, smoking and spitting wads of tobacco juice into tall patches of Queen Anne’s lace and thistles.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Alphie told The Nolan Show that Donall brushes his teeth three times and check his laces six times before he is ready for the day.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2026

Heading into the exhibition I was eager to see what 18th-century ribbons and laces if not frock coats and gowns would be displayed as ancillary objects.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

"It feels like you're wearing big winter gloves every day, all the time so you can't actually feel what you're doing like zips and buttons and laces on your shoes."

From BBC Jan. 19, 2026

A spoonful of brown sugar becomes caramel as it melts; diced apples collapse into little pockets of warmth; cinnamon laces the air with something almost nostalgic.

From Salon Nov. 13, 2025

She stares at her feet, silently willing the laces to tie and untie in messy bows, scowling when they tangle into knots.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

To some degree, the AI race is laced with inflation concerns for the stock market in the near term, as strong demand for chips has led to pricing power for companies that make them.

From MarketWatch Jul. 5, 2026

The NBA’s very best teams tend to be led by generational superstars who have been anointed as basketball demigods since they first laced up their sneakers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

A couple of days later, I was in our nation’s seat of power, the Florsheims in question laced firmly onto my feet.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

His threats and boasts are laced with grandiose language and delivered in a booming, British-accented voice.

From Salon Apr. 22, 2026

Oliver made a face as he shrugged on his puffy blue jacket and laced up his gym sneakers, shoes his sisters described as “disgusting” and “foul.”

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

On Saturday, Belfast's Agyarko gets the opportunity he has craved since first lacing up the gloves when he faces IBF light-middleweight champion Josh Kelly in Saudi Arabia.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

It also feels like a moment — to use a sports metaphor, which I’m not an athlete — that you’re lacing up your shoes.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2025

To be sure, the old standards of pumping iron and lacing up running shoes aren’t completely dead.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2025

He admits to targeting another summer or two as an England player, but doubts he will follow Anderson lacing up the boots into his fifth decade.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2025

I am wearing a long black dress with gold cuffs and a lacing of green braid, a comfortable favorite.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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