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Recent Examples of striped
Adjective
Wearing a striped orange-and-white jumpsuit, Soliman agreed to his defense lawyer's request for the waiver, which means the court will find probable cause for all the state charges.—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 July 2025 The striped design plays up the nautical theme without being too camp.—Alexis Benveniste, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
Verb
Discover Madewell’s striped and Uniqlo’s pale blue 100% cotton options, Zara’s chocolate brown shirt with a rounded hem, and Everlane’s oversized black iteration, crafted from Tencel.—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024 While sold out in most colorways, this shopper-favorite pick is still available in a classic grey and white-striped option.—Kelsey Fredricks, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for striped
There’s broad agreement the native owls are at risk, but the animal rights organizations behind the opposition letter this week say killing barred owls is not the answer.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2024
Dogs and buzzards fought over a dead cat in the middle of the street, directly across from an officer who watched the ferocious struggle from a barred window, twirling the ends of his moustache.
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Alexander Sammon,
Harper's Magazine,
25 July 2022
In terms of behavior, Buntin said these dinosaurs most resemble that of banded plovers, which are small shorebirds.
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Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
16 July 2025
There, with help from her mom, the UC San Diego student applied the finishing touches to her tribal regalia and hair — the latter braided, banded and decorated with real otter skins — in anticipation of the day’s events.
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Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
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