sheer
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But Poland is a Catholic stronghold and people are already flocking to the unfinished site -- whether out of faith or sheer curiousity.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
There, again, if enough people pick stocks at random, some of them will make a fortune through sheer chance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The sheer scope of the album is staggering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Keegan was regarded by some observers as simply a hard-working player who made himself great through sheer grit and determination.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
It was only by sheer luck that he had not been burned worse than the tracks of the N train, which, for the record, had really been on fire.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
What kept these lipsticks from looking dated is that they tended to be stains, not thick creams or dry mattes, with a sheerer, lighter texture than one would traditionally associate with such intense hues.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2013
So he had a sheerer version tested and sold it in drugstores under the brand names Chez La Femme and Silky Legs.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2011
Once I got the hang of twisting it just a little, then I got sheerer coverage, but it seemed difficult to do it right.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2010
WOMEN'S stocking makers are engaged in fierce competition to get sheerer and sheerer hose on the market.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wore his signature royal blue robe, but as Rowan got closer, he could see it was a sheerer variation than the one he had worn at conclave.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
They were anchored to the north face of Mount Jannu, one of the world’s biggest, sheerest rock walls.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Into the deepest crevices, the darkest caves and the sheerest drops of our beings.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2019
But it would be sheerest hubris to assume those are the only concerns.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2017
Helen Frankenthaler’s canvases bare only the sheerest layers of color and paint. Yet with these works the artist straddled two of the most important artistic movements of the 20th century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2016
Kate’s hands were always busy, mostly at drawn work on the sheerest of lawn handkerchiefs.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
The interior is properly decorated — flowered curtains, gauzy sheers, a hanging crystal light fixture — while a fan on the floor disturbs the peace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris, Ella Emhoff, helped the designer showcase his line of soft sheers coupled next to metallics and liquid-like gloves and leggings.
From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2022
A white monochrome gave way to pastels, bright pinks and purples, toned-down gold and finally black, accented by sheers and sequins.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
Beautiful, crisp window sheers can make the room feel bigger.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021
Well, if they want to hang me, they need not rig the yard-arm, three handspikes as sheers, and I shouldn’t find soundings, heh!
From Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend by Marryat, Frederick
Several news outlets showed video of a light blue Ferrari 812 Superfast with one of its wheels and side bumpers sheered off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
Hair sheered from victims to make cloth is considered a sacred human remain which cannot be photographed and is not subjected to conservation efforts.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023
A bed complete with its patterned sheet and pillow visible inside a room whose outside wall had been sheered clean away showed the scale of the task ahead.
From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2023
“Shape” boasts eccentric tutus — square, half, sheered off on one side — by the design duo Viktor & Rolf, no strangers to conceptual art and performance.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2014
Sometimes he sheered off the subject, or turned the conversation by pretending not to understand; but generally he answered all I asked most frankly.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
All of this sheering is a symptom of just how much fast fashion has reshaped our wardrobes.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024
In any case, I would prefer not to deal with such questions, because it will turn out the same as sheering a pig – lots of squealing, little wool.”
From Time ● Jun. 25, 2013
It’s not what most highlanders have in mind: “We want to make the final products,” says Delfina Apaza, rubbing her hands after hours of manual sheering.
From Time ● Dec. 30, 2012
They came from different angles, feinting at other targets, then sheering in on the city; at different heights and different speeds; in waves, but on staggered schedules to confuse the defense.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oddly enough the other horse seemed also to be sheering away to the left, so that in a few seconds the space between them had widened a good deal.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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