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apron

[ey-pruhn] / ˈeɪ prən /
NOUN
protection
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Police said Monday that several heat-stricken passengers were treated by emergency services at Frankfurt airport the previous day after their plane was held for more than an hour on the apron before take-off.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

It’s like walking down to the kitchen and finding the cat in an apron flipping pancakes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Odds are it won’t happen because it can’t; sign-and-trades are not permitted if the player acquired keeps a team above the first apron.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

He filmed a video of himself giving her an apron instead.

From Salon Apr. 8, 2026

Anya reached into her apron pocket and touched a horseshoe.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

They wear matching “The Real Food Show” aprons.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

The U.S. military has since 2019 spent hundreds of millions of dollars on upgrades for Muwaffaq Al-Salti and other facilities, according to U.S. federal contracting documents, laying aircraft aprons, taxiways, munitions depots and other infrastructure.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Otherwise, Starbucks still prohibits its baristas from posting on shift, in their aprons or behind the bar, unless such posts are preapproved and coordinated with the company’s brand-marketing or communications team, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 2, 2025

For years, the egg has ruled the breakfast table like a sun god—worshipped, aestheticized, endlessly fiddled with by men in starched aprons and women with ring lights.

From Salon Nov. 13, 2025

A couple of feet across from the women, behind yellow, featherless chickens hanging from hooks, men in bloody aprons raise their cleavers and cut into slabs of beef with the precision of many years’ practice.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung




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