carpet
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They were back on the red carpet together in 2019 for the release of Spider-Man: Far From Home.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Hawley asked Fauci about the day of the week and the color of the carpet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The rescheduled dinner was smaller and more tightly controlled than April’s event, with a single entrance, multiple security screenings and no traditional red carpet.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Shag carpet covered original terra-cotta floors, high-gloss paint coated nearly every wooden surface and overgrown weeds crowded the yard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Three small figures, gray as the dawn, gathered on the carpet of Camilla’s cabin, nose to nose to nose.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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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
And on red carpets and film festivals, you can find movie and industry leaders feeding their four favorite films into a microphone emblazoned with Letterboxd’s orange, green and blue dot logo.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
A clown paints children's faces, music fills the air, as families spread picnic carpets across the grass.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Project 33 has completely overhauled each room in the property, adding new furniture, carpets, and other changes aimed at making life easier for Sarah and her children.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
When had her aunt’s worn beige carpets, wood-paneled walls, and stucco ceilings come to represent home?
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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Catherine Earnshaw, raised in the “disorderly, comfortless” gothic abode of Wuthering Heights, is seduced by the refinement of the neighboring Thrushcross Grange, “a splendid place carpeted with crimson.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 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
There was hawthorn both pink and white, and primroses and buttercups carpeted the fields with yellow.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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“Additional updates throughout the home include refinished hardwood floors, fresh interior paint, new carpeting, and a remodeled guest bathroom,” the description notes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 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
Some examples of normal wear and tear include faded paint, worn carpeting and small holes from nails used to hang art.
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
Mrs. Johnson loved it; she was in love with the redwood paneling, the wall-to- wall carpeting, the picture windows fore and aft, the view that the rear window provided—hills, a valley, then sky and ocean.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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