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Rangzen's livestream of his death shows a heavy-set man striding across a street in a traditional "chuba" robe and planting a Tibetan flag outside the UN.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Its camera captures him walking to the traffic’s edge, wearing a robe and holding a Tibetan flag on a long pole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
While she wore a white robe and slippers, Jake wore a black Under Armour top and shorts with white trainers.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
There’s so much decorum among judges, this infamous brotherhood of the robe, that keeps them from directly criticizing one another.
From Slate ● May 18, 2026
The dervish wore a white shroud, covered by a black robe and a black felt cap the shape of a thimble.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Every year, thousands of people around the world don red robes – and in some cases long black wigs – for The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
We’ve got all the fancy soaps, deluxe robes and we added a washer and dryer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Footage posted online shows saffron robes and belongings scattered by the roadside, and a wrecked vehicle.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
"I can't believe I've finished the hajj rituals," Iraqi pilgrim Adnan Hamad, 58, told AFP, as his daughters in white robes, or abayas, looked on.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
He also wore monks’ robes, but he was much younger than Father Cham—a fresh-faced monk-in-training.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
The manosphere’s sobriety is robed in strength and self-actualization, no different than the sleep routine, supplements, and squats that will sculpt the best version of you.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2026
Yet she’s also a protein-loading weight-lifting buff who favors all-black outfits and clear opinions, not a robed oracle speaking in riddles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
On Tuesday, north of Virginia's capital Richmond, Louella Glessner stood on a mound of plowed snow, flowers in hand, hoping the robed monks and their mission might somehow begin to heal America's toxic divisions.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
Performers are robed and instruments are carried on ramshackle wheelbarrows, setting up the transitory mood of the night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025
With that Gandalf stood before him, robed in white, his beard now gleaming like pure snow in the twinkling of the leafy sunlight.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
After discussions with attorneys on Monday, Judge Curtis Farber later called the jury's foreperson back to the court's robing room to discuss the issue.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025
The presiding judge in the lawsuit, New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, was in his robing room when he heard shouting on the floor.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2023
Over her decade in Baptist youth ministry, Dec. 24 meant prepping sermons at the church, sending out last-minute Christmas emails to her young people, robing up.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2021
“It’s fair for people here to test that robing room rule,” Mr. Whitehouse said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2019
“I keep my promises,” he told her, as Irri and Jhiqui were robing them for bed.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
