blanketing

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The Palisades and Eaton fires burned more than 40,000 acres and destroyed at least 12,000 buildings, blanketing the ocean in ash for up to 100 miles offshore.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Snow fell in parts of Tehran on Tuesday night, blanketing the Iranian capital with a layer of white after air strikes on oil depots caused days of dark skies and black rain.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Long before America had a cluster of 31 GPS satellites blanketing the globe, the Defense Department needed a way to guarantee ballistic missiles could find their targets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The weather system is expected to take shape in Texas and New Mexico before moving eastward, blanketing cities including Memphis, Nashville, Washington DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York with snow.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Large, light, cotton ball flakes gently sifted through the air, blanketing the campus in a kind of idyllic innocence.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely