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[silk] / sɪlk /


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Executives at other branded-goods companies in recent months have talked up their newest concepts: silk diapers, Doritos with protein, Pepsi with fiber, Capri Sun with electrolytes and “hydrating” hot chocolate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Artisans at the London fashion house Safiyaa spent 150 hours embroidering Anderson’s bespoke silk reception outfit.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Do you like the imported marble floors and silk window treatments?

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2026

GUILIN, China—More than a millennium ago, the Tang dynasty writer Han Yu said of Guilin’s landscape, “The river forms a blue-green silk ribbon, the mountains are like jade hairpins.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

He preferred a tuxedo and a high black silk hat, but he was a master of disguise and an escape artist, and for years, he’d danced in circles around the authorities.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Some of the lusher scraps—velvets, taffetas, silks, lace—I turned into sumptuous ballgowns for my sister’s proto-Barbie doll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

Hours were marked by peals of screams following every uncovered worm wriggling in the corn silks, and each of us proudly showing off our inky fingertips from pressing out purple hull peas from their pods.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

There was a poignant runner-up in William Munny, running in the same yellow and blue silks of trainer-owner Barry Connell, who triumphed with Marine Nationale two years ago.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025

Fuller’s signature creation might be the serpentine dance, which combined flowing choreography borrowed from “skirt dancing” with silks and lighting to create the impression of waves and whirling.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

She had brushed out her long auburn hair until it shone, and picked her nicest blue silks.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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