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cocoon

[kuh-koon] / kəˈkun /
VERB
protect with covering
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Rolling off the bed in a silicon sleep cocoon, Grace gradually evolves from a wriggling larval stage into a fully upright, walking and talking smarty-pants.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the models I recognized from the bathing suit show stood before a mirror, dressed in a gold-and-orange silk cocoon jacket with a vine-and-flower pattern.

From Literature

I stayed where I was, huddled into my blanket like a cocoon.

From Literature

"They are undergoing tremendous transformation, and we need to approach them as someone who is coming outside of a cocoon and becoming something different."

From BBC

In the Premier League, are we largely cocooned from much of the controversy in the other top European leagues?

From BBC