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cowl

[koul] / kaʊl /


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Finding a suit and cowl made just for him, Damian transforms into Little Batman in order to safeguard Wayne Manor and Gotham City from villains, including a rather mischievous Joker.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2025

“To put on a Rick Owens sequined cowl or knee-high leather stocking boots is to express oneself in a language not everyone understands.”

From New York Times Feb. 16, 2024

Or simply stuff the new scarf or cowl in a drawer and never pull it out?

From Seattle Times Dec. 24, 2023

But Finger refined it; he created Batman’s iconic bat-eared cowl, his bat logo and scalloped cape.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2023

Like all the monks, his head was covered with the gray cowl of the order.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

The collars this season were a nod to the past, evoking the ruffled cowls and buttoned neck fastenings of coats reminiscent of the 19th century.

From Seattle Times Jan. 20, 2024

Along the way, she finds new heroes to inherit the Society’s capes and cowls.

From New York Times May 18, 2020

They both had their cowls on, so Batman had his whole mask on, and so did Catwoman, and then I realized that they had actually taken them off a couple of pages earlier.

From Slate Sep. 18, 2017

Her weakness in combat, when compared to the capes and cowls around her?

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 7, 2016

The archers followed at a distance, removing their cowls as they hurried after her.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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