umbrella
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The combination of Paramount and Warner would place two legacy movie and television studios, two subscription streaming services, CNN, Food Network, MTV, CBS and HBO under one corporate umbrella.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Whether walking in freezing rain without an umbrella or wearing Mickey Mouse ears around campus, Zamorano always knows what he’s doing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The changes, which would fundamentally reshape a system that has existed since 1996, have now been shared with Holyrood's committees and council umbrella body Cosla ahead of a public consultation.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Each successive powerful eruptive pulse sends another column tens of kilometers upwards, from where it spreads into a new umbrella cloud.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
A servant held an umbrella aloft to keep Gupta in the shade, but the burly foreman was sweating in the sunshine.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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Outside in the pouring rain, around 50 protesters with umbrellas gathered outside Istanbul's Caglayan courthouse under the watch of several dozen police officers, chanting: "Denis Goktas is not alone!"
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
He also spent nearly £2,000 on umbrellas and bought two Lalique salt and pepper shakers costing £2,618.16.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
It was the place where rained-out sporting events and umbrellas at the Rose Parade were so rare they were occasions for big news.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Who needs umbrellas when you’ve got a tanning bed, a chin-up bar, beef-tallow stockpiles, and a gallon of only-sometimes-poisonous raw milk?
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
A museum rule: no bags, food, or umbrellas.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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