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pullover

[pool-oh-ver] / ˈpʊlˌoʊ vər /




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There we drove along an icy gravel road that cut into the side of a hill, winding up and up until we found a pullover at which to park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

For years, I’d eaten one after almost every figure skating practice, usually sitting in the front seat of the car still sweating through a fleece pullover.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025

In the end, Henry left with pajamas, two shirts and a pullover sweater, and Amyiah with a T-shirt and distressed denim jacket.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz put a pullover over his suit; "a sign he's in it for the long haul," an EU diplomat told me.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023

In the mornings I get out of bed, put on my clothes, the stiff cotton waist with the garters, the ribbed stockings, the nubbled wool pullover, the plaid skirt.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

In keeping with the tradition of Yuletide pullovers, Yiayia knits a bright-red Christmas sweater adorned with tassels and bells for her grandson’s dog.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

In 1987, David Letterman was taping his late-night show in Las Vegas before rowdy audiences of mostly young men in preppy pullovers and muscle shirts — prototypical bros raised on “Porky’s.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024

And by the way, as pullovers go, it was a positive experience.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023

Close by was a display of $27.50 Sofia Jeans for women, from its collaboration with Vergara, along with Reebok shorts and pullovers.

From Reuters ● Jun. 15, 2023

There were badges, mottoes even, stripes of color in stockings and pullovers.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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