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cloth

[klawth, kloth] / klɔθ, klɒθ /


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The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth bearing the faint image of a human figure and has long been associated by some believers with the burial of Jesus.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Outdoors, people wear masks or cover their faces with cloth, trying to protect themselves from the worst of the pollution.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

The Senegalese wrestlers entered, draped in traditional "leppi" cloth wraps.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Anthropic software could never have created songs that sound so similar to Presley’s out of whole cloth, the lawsuit claims, and must have relied instead on ill-gotten data.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

I pull the red cloth from around my neck and up over my mouth.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Milkmen fought back in various ways, putting stones atop the lids and draping cloths over them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Donations can include new and unopened toiletries, like shampoo and toothpaste, as well as other cleaning products including washing up liquid, sponges, cloths and tissues.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026

Should these symptoms arise, you should call 911, move to a cooler place and try to lower the person’s temperature with a cool bath or cloths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025

The core was slowly pulled from the ice sheet using a drill machinery and scientists carefully carefully cleaned the ice using cloths.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2025

A pail, still-damp cloths draped over its edge, sat off to one side of the tractor.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx


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