swathe
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During their early years, the band appealed to a narrow swathe of teens and young adults.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Magyar's government has moved to turn the page on the Orban era, passing a swathe of anti-corruption measures and changing the constitution to effectively bar Orban from running again.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
The US president posted the threat on social media on Friday as thick smoke shrouded Washington DC and New York City as it drifted across a large swathe of the eastern US.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Revenue fell 4.9% on year, but the group hopes a swathe of new auto models can help it boost sluggish sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
The final swathe of my leg hair is uprooted in a painful jerk.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Schools were shuttered as smoke swathed the city in Nevada, near the California border, home to around 280,000 people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
One features sunrise-pastel walls and an angelic ceiling mural, and another is swathed in bluish gray and gold marble print paper on the walls and ceiling.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2025
A priest took the documents and lightly tapped them against the statue, which was swathed in flowers and tucked behind three doorways framed in gold leaf carvings of Hindu gods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2025
Before them stood a silvery metal contraption swathed in colourful wires – a box that they hope will one day make oxygen on the moon.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025
The trees were swathed in morning mist and the fallen leaves were damp and slippery underfoot.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
Becky Hill, up for best dance act, opted for a black outfit which skimmed her upper half while swathing her legs in flowing material.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2024
Masi speculates Comet Pons-Brooks’s horseshoe shape may result from shadows cast by the dusty “coma” swathing the object after the outburst.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2023
A later segment is dedicated to the art nouveau dancer Marie Louise Fuller and her efforts “to disappear inside the rigors and extravagance of her work” by swathing herself in otherworldly costumes.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
Yet even after they manipulated the fabric into skirts and aprons and shed the swathing, the concepts and choreography appeared to hold them back on a deeper level.
From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2021
Sleep enveloped him like the swathing mirages that were wrestling with the brilliance of the lagoon.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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