jacket
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Their daughters ran to a cafe to retrieve the life jacket and flotation ring used by Craig, who said: "I think the floating devices have to be closer to the front of the shore."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
That said, he did swap his trademark dark T-Shirt and jacket for a suit and tie, although he has maintained his regular output of casual, selfie-led videos on his social media channels.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
With her long hair tied back in a ponytail, a white top, beige jacket and wide-legged jeans, she stands out in an industry dominated by men in suits.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
He appeared in a dark suit jacket seated with his attorneys at the defense table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
I agree to her terms and take the jacket.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Publishers deliberately design jackets and covers that will pop on Instagram and #BookTok.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
The ship was equipped with 250 life jackets, two lifeboats and six inflatable rafts, Edghill said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Another way of addressing the heat is by wearing phase-change ice vests - jackets with pockets for blocks of ice - before the match.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Launched in 2009, it also makes life jackets and fire extinguishers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
She raised her voice above the scramble for jackets and caps.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
A slightly overcast sky for the first race eventually gave way to sunshine, warming the mostly jacketed crowd announced at 37,143.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
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
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
Half a dozen nurses, trousered and jacketed in the regulation white viscose-linen uniform, their hair aseptically hidden under white caps, were engaged in setting out bowls of roses in a long row across the floor.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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
Ornamental brass jacketing was extensively used on mid-19th-century American locomotives to cover not only the cylinders but steam and sand boxes, check valves, and valve boxes.
From The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964 by White, John H.
It has the advantage over methods of lagging or jacketing that the manure can be thrown over any pipe, water-seal, washing apparatus, &c., even if the plant is constructed in several separate items.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)
It was really an offence to me when the jacketing ceased.
From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by London, Jack
