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wrap

[rap] / ræp /
NOUN
clothing that is worn over for warmth
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At some point, it was torn into strips and used to wrap a mummy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The company wants to wrap up the litigation by late September to avoid a higher payout to Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Morningstar analyst Nicolas Owens valued the company at $780 billion ahead of the IPO, while CFRA’s Keith Snyder has said he “couldn’t wrap my head around the valuation.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

"I can't really wrap my mind over it," said an emotional Kim of his win.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

“I guess I could use some help to keep an eye on Sabrina,” she said, her three-month-old drooling machine wriggling in a baby wrap against her chest.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Still, the streaming giant seems to be focusing mainly on the edges of production -- from visualizing a concept early on to color-grading footage after filming wraps.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Customers are still approaching Dialog Cafe for their usual orders of breakfast burritos, lattes, wraps and cookies, many of which have gone viral on social media in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Alexander Zverev wraps up a straight-set win over British wildcard Arthur Fery to reach the final of Wimbledon for the first time in his career.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

That’s because new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh is likely to keep any insight about how close the Fed is to tightening its monetary policy under wraps, experts say.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

A black staircase wraps around it, leading up to the viewing end of a telescope that stretches up to the ceiling.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

He’s tiny and delicate, with a full head of black hair, sleeping, wrapped in a blanket printed sparingly with rubber ducks.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

And Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto wrapped up his first-half campaign with his highest-scoring start of the season; he surrendered six runs in six innings.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

“This is getting wrapped up. That bridge is going to get open,” said Mike Rogers, a Senate candidate who was a House member from 2001 to 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

You have to believe in what is under the lid, behind the frost, wrapped in parchment, waiting to become itself again.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

I scrambled up a nearby tree and wrapped my legs around it.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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

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 Weyman, Stanley John

You should know," she quietly observed, looking up from her book with a serious wrapt expression which seemed as if reflected from beyond the gates, "that the world and I have parted company.

From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

But Arthur, wrapt in his own thoughts, barely noticed these things.

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.

A blessing undefined Seemed left, as when church-bells declined And left you wrapt in prayer.

From Poems by Rilke, Rainer Maria

"Everybody is still wrapping their head around it," said Mike Mosallam, COO of production company Shadowbox Studios, in an interview with Variety as recently 2025.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Since wrapping Season 3 last fall, Mitchell has stayed busy.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

The problem was the launch of the z17 mainframe program, which the company expected to be wrapping up during the second quarter.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

The money exchange closure will affect 30 shops while the gift wrapping services closure will affect 25 shops.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

I groped back to the cot and huddled there in the dark, setting my teeth against the stink of the bedding, wrapping my coat tighter about me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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