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curtain

[kur-tn] / ˈkɜr tn /


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According to the simulations, the impact violently displaced vast quantities of rock and seawater, producing a towering curtain of debris before the material collapsed back into the ocean.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Our reporters pull back the curtain on that decision, revealing the delicate balance between standing up to Washington and preserving its support.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Versatile McEntee scored Hearts' opener against Nordsjaelland as they raised the curtain on their Conference League campaign, but they were served a late punch in the gut in the 1-1 draw.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

What are you hoping this documentary will do in terms of making people a little bit more aware of who Elon Musk is and getting at the man behind the curtain, so to speak?

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Anna May stood in view just beyond a sheer curtain, and I knew the voice was her ba’s.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

You can place curtains or blankets over your doors for extra insulation.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The utility recommends setting air conditioners to 78 degrees, closing curtains during peak sun hours and using fans to circulate the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The apartment where the suspect lived was quiet, with the balcony curtains drawn.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Audi team relies on hotel-provided black curtains, which McNish said are good but imperfect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

There are two wide windows with sheer curtains, a closet with an ironing board tucked inside, a mini fridge, a mini wastebasket.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Nesma, a mother in her 30s, told the BBC she was taken from her village, also in Latakia province, and driven away in a van with curtained windows.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

Mr. Noseda seems slightly amused by the weirdness of these curtained interviews.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 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

There was a curtained gateway at each end, like the dramatic hole through which the circus people ride into their arena.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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

In one year the F. W. Woolworth Co. sold 45 tons of candy, 5,113 miles of curtaining, 54 million handkerchiefs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fortunately dusk was at hand, though the curtaining darkness would not fall for some time.

From The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol by Lewis E. Theiss


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