skirt
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She’s in a vintage black linen skirt, with a top that’s also vintage black linen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The strategy may help the company skirt supply constraints and realize lofty revenue growth forecasts, but it isn’t risk-free.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The following day, Deivi spotted a piece of fabric in the rubble and recognised it as his grandmother's floral skirt.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Not only are we protecting our physical borders from unlawful crossings, but we are also preventing immigration fraud schemes that are just another way to skirt the immigration laws of the United States," Blanche said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
I feel Lily tugging on my skirt, so I scoop her into my arms for a better view.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Girls and women dress in ankle-length skirts or overalls, wearing their hair loosely covered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Ken Billington’s lighting and Constance Hoffman’s costumes, which featured swirling flared skirts in different candy-colored plaids for the female chorus, added to the effect, as did Ms. Zambello’s direction, which emphasized thrust rather than sweetness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Such restraint today seems as quaint as poodle skirts and “I Love Lucy.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
“There weren’t that many houses. We had the long skirts and long hair, and it was very casual. You’d go to a love-in or a concert.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Amma must have worn colorful saris, too, when she was a maid, instead of the plain uniform of old shirts and long skirts that all the women wear in jail.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
Hawaii has been hit by flash floods and mudslides that have swept away homes after category one Hurricane Lala skirted Big Island over the weekend, leaving one person dead.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
We skirted Penny Island, where native Pomo people lived and farmed for generations before immigrants from Europe arrived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He skirted a question about whether closer New Zealand-India ties would curb Beijing's ambitions in the region.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Adding additional ingredients is how companies that make compounded GLP-1s have skirted the law when those medicines are not in short supply.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Koffi and Adiah skirted around him as he bared his teeth in a grimace.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Giant container ships ply sea lanes skirting the archipelago's southern tip, where roughly a third of global maritime trade transits between Asia, Africa, the Gulf and the Red Sea.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
If nocturnes are the center of Ms. Tomes’s book, night music, broadly conceived, is the topic skirting the edges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Just over a three-hour drive south, skirting the Rhine until you hit the Swiss border, heading into an Alpine gateway towards the turquoise waters of Lake Thun, footballing folklore is being scribed.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
With the leak's Maryland location upriver from Washington, much of it found its way to the waters skirting the US capital.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
I don’t know what to do in return, so I offer a small nod before skirting around him and back down the hall.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
