stripe
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Next on the tour we are shown how his famous stripe designs are created by using thread.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
That businessman, Daniel Vorcaro, forged contacts with a sprawling network of politicians of every stripe, top judges and high-ranking officials before landing in jail for one of Brazil's biggest-ever financial scandals.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
The intense pull of Seville’s silver drew fortune-seekers of every stripe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
In Los Angeles, home base for cinephiles of every stripe, scoring one of these coveted opening weekend tickets was particularly challenging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
But there are seats on both sides, and a thin, fluorescent stripe along the wall, like a color-changing glow stick.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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A line of graphics along one wall outlines the details of each shuttle mission — 135 in all — as vertical stripes of information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The billowing draperies are, respectively, lime green, chrome yellow, ultramarine blue and sienna brown, and the angels’ wings sport multihued stripes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Surrounded by undulating circles, spots and stripes, red-roofed Lebanese abodes and white-masted schooners traverse an unsettled horizon line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Thieves have exploited antiquated magnetic stripes on benefits cards to steal hundreds of millions of public dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
After a long time, slowly, like a spell was wearing off, I saw a shadow of a chicken, and then darker and lighter stripes.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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Guests are welcomed by a gorgeous entrance with 10-foot ceilings, where striped wallpaper, crown molding, and large arched doorways immediately set the tone.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
At Mitsuwa Marketplace, the sprawling Japanese supermarket outside Chicago, Pastry House Hippo sells a frankfurter inside a beautiful yeasty shell, striped with ketchup.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Manchester United's new home kit, with its flat-knit striped collar and cuffs, is inspired by Red Devils kits from the late seventies.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Constant, standing on a striped rock, consists of two color patches; the rest is largely blue sea, topped by a light-gray strip of sky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The first one was of a woman with dark skin like his own, holding a baby wearing a striped onesie.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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We bought a bunch of road rental companies — all those orange barricades and cones and striping you see on the roads.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
If the lane striping isn’t perfect, though, the lane-keeping assist sometimes disables itself, so I don’t rely on it completely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
Knitters can opt for smaller patterns that require less yarn, or use up leftover yarn through designs that allow for different yarns to be cobbled together, such as striping.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2025
The sun cast warm light through long windows, striping the pink-and-white checkered floor and bathing the marble arms, heads and wings of the ancient Grecian statues around me.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
Karl stood with his face to the charred building, soot striping it like war paint.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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