dress
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They affixed headshot cutouts of their parents from photos and placed them above paper cutouts of a wedding dress and a tuxedo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
In photos shared by the couple, Booysen can be seen wearing a floor length lace wedding dress with a floral pattern, while Donaldson opted for a white tuxedo.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Booysen also had several outfit changes throughout the day, including a white mini dress with a sparkly bodice and feathered skirt for cutting the cake, and an off-the-shoulder satin look for later in the evening.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The company’s drivers attend a “Chauffeur Academy” to learn proper etiquette, dress and discretion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The other shops up and down the narrow street were shuttered and silent: the optician’s next door, the dress shop, the baker’s, Weil’s Furriers across the street.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Ventura resident Michelle Shock and her 8-year-old daughter, Fable, initially came to the Huntington for a tea party at the Rose Garden, and dressed for the part in light-colored, semi-formal dresses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Other fringe candidates are also making plans to run, including two foxes: a man who dresses as a fox to raise awareness for protecting wildlife, and actor-turned-activist Laurence Fox.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Only today’s would-be homesteaders look to TikTok stars like Ballerina Farm’s Hannah Neeleman for inspiration or don Gunne Sax-style prairie dresses and call the look cottagecore.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
The company has tried to offer more products beyond jeans — such as dresses, blouses and other items geared toward women — as well as modern riffs on old favorites like 501s.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The ice cream shop was like a time capsule with shiny red booths, waitresses dressed in pink dresses and aprons, and a jukebox in the corner.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Looking to her right, she saw a group of eight people also dressed as Pitbull.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
These savory tarts are essentially egg-in-a-basket dressed for brunch.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Penn Station was a sea of Argentine jerseys, most emblazoned with Lionel Messi's name -- and two dogs were dressed up in the iconic blue and white strip.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Artist Elizabeth Joseph, known for making miniature furniture, was dressed head to toe in crochet and even had huge crochet bangles on her arm and a crocheted ring.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
When Theo came to my door, he was already dressed.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Members of Congress: “little mannikins, shrewd, gabby, drest in black, hopping about, making motions, amendments.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2020
The quote from Blake might be bookended by one from Walt Whitman, who wrote that “whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2020
"Can there be," exclaims Shadwell, "any conversation well drest without French in the first place to lard it!"
From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Bastide, Charles
Such a harmony Is yours as music and the thought expressed By the musician: have no rivalry Between your soul and the shape in which it's drest.
From Poems by Shanks, Edward
Whose snowy cheekes, least joy should be exprest, The weeping pen with sable teares hath drest.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Long-term services and support include medical and personal-care services like medication management and help with bathing, dressing, eating, walking and toileting.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Going into the judges dressing rooms and taking some of their prized possessions might not be the best way of getting them on your side.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“I already cried all the tears I had in the dressing room,” he said in Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
In the email, The Voice staff asked whether Get Baked, which has its production bakery in Leeds, could supply products for talent dressing rooms and green rooms during filming for no payment.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Clutching a powder puff in one hand and a container of face powder in the other, Lady Constance ran out of her dressing room, down the stairs, and out the front door of Ashton Place.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
