trappings
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But if her firing says anything, it may be less about why she lost the job — and more about how quickly the trappings of power can vanish once she did.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
“And then … you’d come home and paparazzi and all the sort of the trappings of, you know, living in that space.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026
But the former military academy student has long shown a fascination for martial trappings, often surrounding himself with soldiers and visiting military sites.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
Inside its sci-fi trappings — space travel, crazy technology, oodles of extraterrestrials — Pixar’s “Elio” is the story of an outsider kid who finds a new family.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as well as of the teller.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing trappings
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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The Things They Carried
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