padding
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Those who describe their career strategies as "lily padding" are always on the lookout for the next opportunity.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
In terms of narrative, however, there is not enough to sustain a full season without some serious padding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
There was Molly Hollis, a middle-aged, Midwestern former schoolteacher whose creation required body padding and a wig; a flamboyant redhead; a nearly invisible elderly woman; and, most uncannily, Reichl’s own mother.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
The redesigned robotaxi’s interior has a lighter color palette, aimed at creating a calmer and more relaxing environment, and added padding and ergonomic curves in the seats and headrests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Tía Carmen came padding out to the pool to tell us our mother was on her way from New York and that she intended to have a long talk with us.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
The freshly dead were still encased in woolen paddings or blue uniforms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her gowns were even pressed here and there among their paddings.
From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton
Then there was the sound of crashing and of paddings, and abruptly the noise was diminishing as if its source were moving farther away.
From The Fifth-Dimension Tube by Leinster, Murray
And billah, she has stuffings and paddings, too.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
They swallowed their liqueurs, and the ashes of their cigars fell on the paddings of the furniture.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave
