cocoon

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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 • Mar. 18, 2026

The company lays the deceased in a coffin-like container it calls a cocoon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

They open the infected pupa's cocoon, create small cuts in its outer surface, and apply formic acid, a natural antimicrobial compound produced by the workers themselves.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025

During Thanksgiving week, from the soft neutral cocoon of my parents’ guest room, I burrowed into an impulsive rewatch of the BBC “Sherlock” — yes, the Benedict Cumberbatch era, all sculptural cheekbones and good outerwear.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

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 "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu