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raincoat

[reyn-koht] / ˈreɪnˌkoʊt /


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Oldman loves returning to “Slow Horses” every year and says that as long as Apple is willing to “keep writing those checks, I’m not ready to hang up my dirty raincoat just yet.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Distinct from many of the other items which will be displayed, is a clear plastic raincoat from the 1960s.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Davidsen starts this “Salome” in a back room of the brutalist set where Herod’s orgy is taking place, wearing a white raincoat, her black hair stringy in a Goth look.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

Gaunt men and “children, big-eyed and thin,” walked up and clutched the rabbi’s raincoat.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2024

Connor does a full spin—his arms held out at his sides, the hood of his yellow raincoat drawn over his head—and says, “Is this it? Is this where X marks the spot?”

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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