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
"Until then, he lay in the street with a blanket or blankets over him," Moloney said.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
“Not the hairstyle. The tribe. Was he wearing something like this?” he asked, grabbing at the rough blanket around his shoulders.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.