blanket
Example Sentences
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A thick blanket of haze hovered over the horizon when BBC Thai visited Tirayut and other families in Chiang Mai, covering what once were mountainous views.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The European Central Bank’s Christine Lagarde has urged governments to avoid blanket policies that could strain finances and stoke demand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Still, poppies — California’s state flower — blanket swaths of the protected land.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
"But our observations suggest it is surrounded by a relatively thick blanket of gas, upending conventional wisdom about ultra-short-period planets."
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
Mama said something about scarlet fever, Daddy said something else about mumps or chicken pox, Mama was calling the doctor, Daddy was wrapping me up in a blanket and putting me in the truck.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
