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carpet

[kahr-pit] / ˈkɑr pɪt /
NOUN
nappy floor covering
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They reunited earlier this year and walked the red carpet together for the BET Awards on June 28.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

After procuring my press ticket, I waited for the yellow carpet, where I was asked multiple times if I was “part of the influencers group.”

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

The V.I.P. guests walked a red carpet on the North Portico steps from the White House before heading into the black tie event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The interiors include an open-concept living area with a fireplace, along with a combination of carpet and wood-toned flooring.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

His shoes dug a path into the cheap Fox Run carpet.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Her influence is why she and her husband are invited to red carpets and field sponsorship offers.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

And Posen’s creations have shown up on red carpets such as the Met Gala and the Oscars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The government has also introduced "geographical indication" tags that help distinguish genuine Kashmiri carpets from cheap imitations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

If this cave is still open, with the machines and lights, the carpets and running water still here, there will be a terrible temptation to give up and move back to the soft life.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

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

Trump shared photos of the suspected shooter, shirtless and in handcuffs facedown on a carpeted floor, in what appears to be the Hilton lobby.

From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026

He puts an arm around my shoulders, walks me to the stairs, and sits on a carpeted step.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

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

Embassy, which had been closed since 2019, workers have been scrubbing mold, rolling out fresh wall-to-wall carpeting and installing new air conditioning units.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

Another lounging room has zebra-print carpeting and a matching zebra-print couch.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026

The complete patio set—called "masculine salmon" on a manufacturer's tag sticking out from one of the cheap metal chairs—has cut distinct circles in the wall-to-wall carpeting.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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