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His San Francisco show on Nov. 1 was expected to be the finale, but the tour will now wrap in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The movie, out in select US theaters, begins in 1932 in Granada, amidst the tensions that ultimately led to the Spanish Civil War before winding through history to wrap up in 2017 in modern-day Madrid.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Although she failed to serve out the match at 5-2, she broke her opponent to love to wrap up the win.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
And regardless of the metaphorical or philosophical cloak it may eventually wrap itself in, the show’s main function is to bridge one chapter of this franchise to the next.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
As if that cast couldn’t make his foot any hotter in August, I had to wrap it in plastic.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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The Senegalese wrestlers entered, draped in traditional "leppi" cloth wraps.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
There was talk before Saturday's match that Alonso was keeping his plans to start Estevao against Manchester United under wraps, having faced questions from the media about the winger in the build-up.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The Paragard uses a plastic, T-shaped frame; copper wraps around the stem and arms.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
When the building wraps around the shuttle itself it reads as a gleaming, cone-shaped beacon, visible from far away; tracing the shuttle’s dimensions and anchoring the museum in Expo Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Dylan grabs a branch, wraps his arm around the trunk.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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The United States on Saturday urged against using food trade as a tool for "economic or political coercion," while acknowledging the difficulty of reaching a G20 consensus as foreign ministers wrapped talks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
All this is wrapped up in one great line: “It’s not the same without growing old together. Without that, love is just heartbreak.”
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
Doncic wrapped his former teammate in a hug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
In addition to heavy rain, gales or even severe gales will be wrapped around the deep low.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
But I kept my coat wrapped tight around me.
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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To avoid Dido’s tears and recriminations, the hero kept his preparations for departure a complete secret, and finally set sail while she was wrapt in slumber.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber
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 Lewis Wingfield
The reason why this African cardamum received either the name of grains of Paradise or of Meleguetta pepper is, like most African things, wrapt in mystery to a certain extent.
From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley
His trivialities were reading and penmanship, and he was so wrapt up in them that often he could hardly be got away to his meals.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
From wrapping overlooks, anchored by a central stepped terrace, you can take in the Endeavour’s full presence, set against the ethereal diagrid, from all sides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The five-term senator said the categories of products receiving exemptions include corrugated paper cartons, plastic boxes, plastic bags, refrigeration and freezing equipment, packing and wrapping machinery, and seaweed and algae products.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Fifield was wrapping up a high-profile prosecution of a retired Navy admiral who traded a government contract for a future job.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Rowling of her age, wrapping moral and economic lessons for the young into popular stories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Deb takes her time with the wrapping paper, lifting tape.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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