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From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

Uphill from the swollen Wenatchee River, 62-year-old Lisa Hart sat in her recently deceased parents’ kitchen, watching friends drape a tarp over the roof.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025

When Harbaugh didn’t have anyone to throw to, he would drape that tarp over a goal post and throw into it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

Sometimes the agents would stage mannequins in the passenger seats, or drape curtains over the windshield, or put a bag over their heads to avoid being photographed.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025

Jamie picked up a corner of the blue velvet drape.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg

Randles added: "Once you've knitted with it and washed it, it drapes beautifully whereas sometimes when you knitting with synthetic it doesn't drape but this stuff does."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Posting a video of the room’s remote-controlled drapes opening one morning, the Olympian revealed that she had asked interior designer Diamond Hadley to create the kind of ambiance typically found at a high-end resort.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

“It was an annihilation,” said Bryan Basler, a 45-year-old resident who drapes a “No Data Center” banner over his pickup truck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

Wilson believes that Snow Secure—the high-tech insulated polystyrene blanket that unfolds like an accordion, then drapes over a pile of snow—is just the invention.

From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2026

Lady Constance searched and yanked vigorously on a cord, which turned out to be the tieback for the drapes.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

“Eventually, Mr. Seaver’s residence had a no-trespassing sign in the front yard and barbed wire draped across the handrails leading to the front door,” the filing alleged.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Jubilant crowds gathered outside the airport to catch a glimpse of the passengers when they landed, singing and dancing while draped in Israeli flags.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Lu added that they would eventually be draped in real greenery, not the plastic version.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Kotsoni says the items to look out for are "draped garments, breezy materials and lots of bohemian and flowy silhouettes".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Unsurprisingly, they were so disgusted by their own appearance that they had draped themselves in a kind of fur-substitute, held together with primitive buttons and zippers.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

Dolly Parton’s estate has claimed that the late country music icon’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, went to extraordinary lengths to evade being served with a summons—including allegedly draping barbed wire around the entrance to his property.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Supporters waved Egyptian flags and Palestinian flags in support of nearby Gaza, as well as a poster of coach Hossam Hossan draping both flags over himself during the tournament.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

The show notes pointed to “the dancer’s wardrobe” as inspiration, embracing how fabric can have a mind of its own — gathering, draping, cascading.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Milkmen fought back in various ways, putting stones atop the lids and draping cloths over them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Meanwhile, Mrs. Johnson has been draping the rest of the material in the trunks across the table and chairs.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins