coat
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The lyrics go: "Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be / In my coat of many colors my momma made for me".
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
After years of unsuccessful makeover attempts by previous management teams, the British luxury trench coat brand appears to be turning a corner and increased sales by 4% over the three months through June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Lightly coat the bottom of a skillet with olive oil and set it over medium heat.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The only place I would have put it was in my coat closet behind my other old wedding dress that I still needed to sell, and it definitely was not there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
I want to ask her more, but she pulls her coat tighter round her and changes the subject.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Gaggles of British tourists with fur coats and spray tans jostled for seating, clutching their outerwear to their chests for space as they scouted for a table to open up.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Swaths of stubborn flies bother his mechanics as they work, and he’s had to redo paint jobs and clear coats tainted by the thick dust from the warehouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
On the Northwest Coast of North America, for instance, some Indigenous communities bred small dogs with woolly coats specifically for their hair.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
There are plans to turn Friday's pop-up, where parents could donate or take home items including coats, blazers and prom dresses, into a regular event.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
And we put on our coats and went out, and the moon was as big around as I'd ever seen it, and we didn't need no lights, it was that bright.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
One trend centered on the “chamoy pickle”—a hollowed-out jumbo dill pickle typically filled with spicy chips or sour candy, coated with the Mexican condiment chamoy and wrapped in a Fruit Roll-Up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
Drizzle with the melted butter and olive oil, then toss gently until the cracker pieces are coated but not pulverized.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Molten car parts littered our path and out of the window we saw the whole hillside now coated in a dusty black.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Her tongue was coated white, and her eyelids drooped.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
The analysis also suggests that the vessel received four to five separate batches of coating over time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
The stern and central section appear to have been covered with the same material, while researchers identified three distinct coating batches at the bow.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Though he says you must keep them in a safe place to ensure the coating on the lenses isn't torn, worn or damaged, as that would make them unsafe to use again.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Hearn, who visited the reflecting pool in June during a bike ride, has said he reached his hand in the water to touch a piece of the coating that had already detached from the bottom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
A light breeze stirred the ground and a mist of dirt rose up, coating our faces, hair, and the inside of our noses.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
