- past participle of clothe.
clad
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The film is a satire about an impending climate change apocalypse that’s triggered by the drilling operations of oil tycoon Digger Rockwell, played by Cruise, who looks nearly unrecognizable clad in prosthetics and greying hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
“Who do you work for?” demanded a middle-aged man clad in a black leather jacket, white shirt and black tie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
After a rousing performance by a white-robe clad vocal collective co-founded by Pharrell Williams, Lucas’ wife Mellody Hobson noted that, “George kept saying, ‘Will this person come?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Television cameras outside the courtroom feast on the sea of women clad in bright pink T-shirts emblazoned with slogans like “She Needed Help” or “Stand in Peace for Lindsay.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
They sprang up as the travellers approached, and Frodo saw that they were tall and clad in grey mail, and from their shoulders hung long white cloaks.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The exterior metal cladding of the addition features a luminescent pink paint coating called Pink Kandi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The rules state cladding can remain in place on blocks if the risk is deemed to be "tolerable".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
But the Ministry of Housing said in a statement it would speed up the process of removing cladding, providing a more proportionate, clear and consistent approach to a complex issue.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
When Natasha Parcell first got her foot on the property ladder little did she expect to be one of the latest victims of the cladding crisis.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The Mini-Manbo, which had special cladding to shield it from radiation and sensors that would allow it to avoid dangerous radiation hot spots, was the right robot for the job.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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