curtain
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Behind the curtain: the new existential threat to AI.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
We went backstage before curtain of the touring production of ‘Les Misérables’ at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
But as soon as the curtain came down on that campaign and the parade to celebrate their new silverware had finished, Arteta's thoughts moved to taking Arsenal to a "different dimension".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Meanwhile, Paramount is urging us to pay no attention to the Ellisons behind the curtain.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Like sailors hoisting a mighty sail, burly stagehands hauled thick ropes hand over hand to roll back the stage curtain, and the performance began.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
A Scottish toddler with a rare genetic disorder that makes her "allergic" to the sun can play indoors without the curtains closed thanks to UV-resistant film installed on the windows.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Thick, red curtains adorned the “window,” which the man used to peer outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
On sunny days, keep curtains or blinds closed on sun-facing windows.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Vintage planters and awnings as well as antique light fixtures and window curtains are being incorporated into the street fronts.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Beowulf’s elder brother, Alexander, had spent the last hour pretending that the wind-filled curtains were sails on a ship.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Mr. Noseda seems slightly amused by the weirdness of these curtained interviews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
When they got closer to the cave - the entrance to which had been curtained off with brightly coloured saris - "a little blonde girl came running out".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025
Pipeline opponents had criticized the Wednesday meeting because oral testimony was only accepted in private to stenographers in a curtained area in a hotel ballroom.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
How heavily the rain fell could be inferred from how well it curtained our view of objects in the landscape.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2022
They ducked under a curtained door, into a green-tiled bathroom.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
He can no longer hold back this rage that he has been curtaining off with these civil gestures.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023
Cedars-Sinai has recruited more staff and expanded areas to care for patients, including curtaining off places in the hospital as “alternative care units.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
The curtaining of the Carnegie disappointed a stream of hungry would-be customers on Monday, many of them tourists who went out of their way to test their tolerance for protein.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2015
Most householders and shopkeepers had already voluntarily followed the Government's request by extinguishing outside lights, curtaining windows, painting over skylights.
From Time Magazine Archive
Twice would the big fellow have broken away and again spurred for home, but the little game cock held him savagely to his work and so, together, at last they neared the curtaining ridge.
From A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier by Edwin Willard Deming
