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fleece

[flees] / flis /


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Making bags from denim and fleece has its share of challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

I have a fancier fleece blanket that should work nicely for Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s cape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

"The blue face Leicester fleece, which is our closest to the merino, that will go into knitwear like men's suits."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

“I think something like Infinity Vision is a joke to fleece moviegoers into thinking they’re getting a premium experience when they’re really not,” Storch said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

“Maybe their mother had a golden fleece? Who’s to say?”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Homeowners struggle to get a permit to add a bedroom, and taxpayers can’t get through to the agency that fleeces them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

A federal judge shows how this hospital ‘discount’ fleeces drug makers and patients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

The pedigree breeder said the "measly" payment they would receive from British Wool for the fleeces from their 260 sheep meant "it's not viable for us to send it".

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2024

Farmers have vowed to continue burning sheep fleeces in protest over "measly" wool prices.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2024

The two were going over and over among the rolled fleeces.

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

So in March, he emailed the inmate he pinpointed as the one who fleeced Monk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

There’s a big industry built around the secondhand market, and if you look in the right places, you can find a good deal without getting fleeced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

And then there’s the annual plowing of millions in DWP surplus dollars into the City Hall piggy bank, which convinces ratepayers they’re being fleeced.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

The Football Supporters' Association has said that fans are being "fleeced" as a result of Fifa's ticketing strategy.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

He met up with his brother Walter in Chicago, where he was fleeced and pickpocketed from the time he hit town till the time he left.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

“I started realizing that these DSOs are just fleecing the doctors, like totally taking advantage of them,” said Williams, who amplifies his objections by co-hosting the podcast Just Say No to the DSO.

From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026

It dug into the fraud that purportedly precedes the fleecing of U.S. antipoverty programs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

More than 40 musicians have signed a letter urging the UK prime minister to "stop touts from fleecing fans" and cap the price that can be charged when tickets are resold.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

The fleecing of Kevin, who ProPublica agreed to identify by first name only, was a textbook example of pig butchering.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2025

Burt employed bizarre accounting methods in order to conceal his fleecing of the Osage.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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