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jacket

[jak-it] / ˈdʒæk ɪt /


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One of those who had come to hear him speak was David, a smartly dressed man in a freshly-pressed shirt and navy jacket, who said he had met Eisenkot before.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

It has since become the engine of his family’s routine: waterslides for the kids, Pilates for his wife and a casual restaurant bar for Rogers and his friends—no jacket required.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Those foundations can begin with something as simple as learning to put on a jacket, a common milestone for a preschooler.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Without the weighted jacket the record is something like 1,010 so it is night and day without it."

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

She was there, in her chef’s jacket and headscarf and the funny chef’s hat she called a toque.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

It’s time to grab those jackets and pull out the umbrellas because cooler temperatures and a chance of rain is on tap for Southern California by the middle of this week, forecasters say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Later, Meredith gushed when a King Charles Spaniel named Jack and his owner hit the runway in tailored navy plaid jackets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Video footage apparently taken by a member of the public and posted to X showed several agents wearing HSI jackets outside Omar's Washington residence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

A couple of days later, the Yamaha people returned with another machine and a fresh set of life jackets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The liquid gold crests on their jackets glowed, and she wished she could reach out to touch the M symbol.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Newly jacketed Hall of Famer Joe Thomas was added to the Browns’ Ring of Honor during a halftime ceremony.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2023

Crossing a room, the jacketed general manager paused to hold a wine glass up to a light, making sure it was clean.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2023

These bullets are often jacketed by a harder metal like copper or steel.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2018

The open kitchen was crowded, too, as a crew of jacketed cooks prepped and flipped patties.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2017

Surely not, he thought; though he could barely move, jacketed as he was to his seat by the wind.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

The students have been asked to design a new fabric to be used for menswear sport jacketing.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2023

Book jackets so seldom reflect the nature of what they are jacketing that Philippe Halsman's photo for this collection of Author Moravia's short stories deserves attention.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bullets differed only in jacketing and the shape of the nose.

From Louisiana Lou A Western Story by William West Winter

It was really an offence to me when the jacketing ceased. 

From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by Jack London

But I had grown too used to the jacket during my incorrigible days to let a single jacketing injure me. 

From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by Jack London


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