hood
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The hood is bent, the radiator is cracked, and the front bumper is destroyed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Even if the visible damage is limited to the hood, radiator and front bumper, there may be damage to other parts, including the cooling system, headlights, sensors and other important elements.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
As he closed the hood, there was one more thing I had to ask Ferrari.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
But it’s still worth looking under the hood to make sure you understand just what you are getting.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
But even without raising the hood of the car, I knew what was wrong.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Small tips, like the cut of hoods, or the excess arm space runners need in order to move, showed students how intricate even the simplest of pieces needed to be.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Chief Executive Mary Barra’s first job as a co-op student was inspecting Pontiac hoods and fenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
She looked through the pinhole and saw two men wearing hoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
A Public Space Protection Order has been imposed at Chelmsley Wood to stop gatherings of young people and to require the removal of masks and hoods.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
“Funny angels in hoods and mittens,” said Jo, and set them to laughing.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
His press conferences are almost theatrically placid, Brunson often slouched in a hat and/or hooded sweatshirt and deflecting any effort to valorize his success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
I’ll throw a hooded sweatshirt in my backpack, too, especially if it’s going to be windy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
In May, the father of a man who ran a Malta-based cryptocurrency company was kidnapped by four hooded men in Paris.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
My eyes would be equally hooded, or not hooded at all, and my skin smoother.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2026
A dementor rose slowly from the box, its hooded face turned toward Harry, one glistening, scabbed hand gripping its cloak.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
“I never thought I would get plastic surgery,” said Caruso, who opted in after noticing that her eyeliner no longer showed up on her eyes due to hooding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
Zhang, an award-winning author of “How Much of These Hills Is Gold” and “Land of Milk and Honey,” was scheduled to speak at the May 8 education school doctoral hooding ceremony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
She attended a Baptist pastor’s hooding ceremony, a public event for a Japanese sister city, and a luau held by a local nonprofit’s C.E.O.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019
I decided to order the cessation of all hooding as it had become particularly emotive in light of the death of Baha Mousa.
From BBC ● May 18, 2010
At her glance the overseer blinked quickly, then composed himself, his lids hooding his little dark eyes, his rosebud mouth tightening to a slit.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
