linens

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Tables were dressed in green linens and had seasonal spring bouquets featuring butterfly ranunculus, phlox, and lily of the valley.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

She still had the linens, socks and kitchen equipment of three functioning households.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

It was vaguely surreal, coming from the chaotic rebel energy of the Sliwa party into a sterile ballroom with white linens and several open bars serving endless glasses of house red and white wines.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2025

They divorced several years later, but she kept his last name, partly because her mother hated the idea of wasting wedding gifts of monogrammed linens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

There are ironed linens on the kitchen table, a vase of wilting violets.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen