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The mother-of-two told the BBC: "I can't put into words how lucky we are to be alive. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around it all."
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
But the particularities of the sport outside its elegant, digestible, quadrennial national context were always too byzantine to wrap my head around.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
With a 53-man roster needing to be finalized by Sunday, the Chargers wrap up the preseason against the Rams at SoFi Stadium on Thursday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The wrap dress was codified as “practically perfect” in the 1980 satirical book, “The Official Preppy Handbook,” though its popularity peaked in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
In case Washington had already been hit, the soldiers would don radiation suits, smash down the bunker door, and wrap the president in protective clothing before heading out.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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For all the films Telluride has announced, the one that might generate the most chatter is still under wraps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Amazon also wraps its four processors in far more memory and storage.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
In Australia, these rules are so strict that discussion with outsiders is forbidden even after a trial wraps up.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
"It's all been kept under wraps and we want her out here with us," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Maggie sits on the hard bench and wraps her arms around her knees.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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After the trial wrapped for the day, Steven and Amy left the courthouse with Jane behind them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Sometimes I’ll go to a lady to get the back of my hair wrapped in thread, which I used to do as a kid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Ariana Grande made an emotional exit on Tuesday night, as she wrapped up her Eternal Sunshine tour, and prepared to step back from public life.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
If you’re in the mood for a thriller: Hulu’s sleeper hit Furious—which just wrapped up its first season—stars a trio of knockout performances, but one of its stars towers above the rest.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
With trembling hands I dropped my few belongings into it, the blue sweater, the pajamas—covered now back and front with embroidered figures —toothbrush, comb, a few remaining crackers wrapped in toilet paper.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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While inland China was wrapt in its customary slumber, the coast provinces, from Kwangtung to Chihli, effervesced in a variety of bubbles.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Oh! gracious Power! for thy beloved approach The expecting earth lay wrapt in kindling smiles, Struggling with tears, and often overcome.
From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by John Lyde Wilson
In other circumstances, as black darkness wrapt him round, Jack might have felt not a few tremors; from Samba he had learnt something of the perils of night in densely-wooded places.
From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Herbert Strang
He rose as he spoke; but I remained on my knees, wrapt and absorbed; staring at the glazing eyes that a few minutes before had been full of life and keenness.
From The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman
Both men listen with the most wrapt attention to what you say, and by smiles and vigorous nods of the head seem to believe in every word you speak.
From Sidelights on Chinese Life by J. (John) Macgowan
As they clutch their phones in plastic wrapping, the group patiently waits for what they hope will be a voyage to a better life in the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Somerville said: "It's felt really difficult and to see that many people supporting us and speaking about us and wrapping their arms around Cleveland - it's helping us through."
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
On Tuesday morning, dozens queued up, sometimes wrapping around the shop’s interior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The demonstration came as the first round of US-backed talks between Venezuela's interim government and parts of the opposition was wrapping up.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
We burn the paper in a screened enclosure and it is fairly efficient, but it’s impossible to get all the food particles off wrapping paper, so when it’s burned the food particles burn with it.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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