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carpet

[kahr-pit] / ˈkɑr pɪt /
NOUN
nappy floor covering
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“They can kind of go out and carpet bomb and know that they might not be as efficient, but they’re gonna hit the mark. We don’t have that luxury.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Everyone paused to watch the red carpet arrival of the king himself: George R. R. Martin.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

In the video the couple are holding hands on a red carpet and smiling while romantic music plays in the background.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

For no other reason than to have her on that red carpet, to maybe get a little time on the telecast and the chaos that that just promises.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Beatrice curtsied all the way to the carpet in a froth of flustered skirts.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

She panics on red carpets and says interviews make her nervous, although she certainly doesn’t seem it today.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Hollywood power couple Tom Holland and Zendaya have been dominating red carpets all summer.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

The Backrooms began with a single unsettling image posted anonymously online: a claustrophobic warren of tawdrily yellow, windowless rooms with aged carpets and harsh overhead fluorescent lights.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

So do the animal-shaped wool carpets that riff on traditional skin rugs by using vegetarian-friendly materials to create colorful, flattened creatures: a fiery, spotted cheetah; a purple-striped dodo; a particularly silly mammoth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

They had no dishes to wash, no carpets to vacuum, no floors to polish, no nappies to change and no bills to pay.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

The couples made their way onto the carpeted floor as Moon sprinkled Holy water onto them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

Swaths of the region are carpeted in grasses that each year grow and then die, creating what Acuña described as a patchwork of layers.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

That the world is made of green fields carpeted with sweet grass, where nothing bad ever happens.

From Salon May 17, 2026

Depending on where you are reading this, your doormat may have been carpeted with colourful leaflets for weeks and your TV and social media feeds chocca with political promises.

From BBC May 3, 2026

My father was shuffling around the carpeted living room in his socks, collecting his keys, his wallet, and his glasses like he did every time he left the house.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Luckily, she found both at the South Bay Galleria in Redondo Beach, which her team covered in red carpeting to stay faithful to the Sherman Oaks mall’s original design.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Its bright orange shade looked almost neon against the phantasmagoric roses bursting from the carpeting and wallpaper—every inch of this underworld custom-calibrated for a blindingly colorful ride.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Property damage looks like stained carpeting, unusual paint colors or damaged appliances.

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

Called bonus depreciation, the tax break applies to purchases such as new carpeting or appliances for owners of rental properties, or new computer equipment or a vehicle for business owners.

From Barron's Nov. 25, 2025

I write on Mom’s envelope with a marker: I personally do not care about wall-to-wall carpeting.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead




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