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towel

[tou-uhl, toul] / ˈtaʊ əl, taʊl /


NOUN
napkin
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"Those at the bottom of the chain do the work and get paid last -- sometimes months later," he said, adding he was ready to throw in the towel and sell his machinery.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

If you faced challenges in your business or burned out in your career, did you throw in the towel or step back and breathe, and ask what your body was telling you?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

In torrential rain, Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy regularly dried his gloves, but the ball boys repeatedly tried to discard his towel.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

As he grabs a paper towel to wipe a stain on his stovetop, he narrates what he is doing, as the manager he met at the cafe had instructed him to do.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Droplets gathered at the corners of his mouth, and some ran down his chin onto the towel, but most of it made it into the baby skunk.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold