as in shrouds
to surround or cover closely
bowered by a canopy of grapevines, we enjoyed a serene and very private picnic
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The closure shrouds the 8,000-foot-high plateau and its elk, bison and occasional backcountry skiers in a winter wilderness that some advocates hope to protect and others seek to unlock.—
Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 5 Oct. 2025
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Through the haze of doom that shrouds climate science shines the passion behind the quest to understand and solve one of the greatest challenges humanity has faced.—
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Ties back to the opening scene of S1EP1 and wraps everything up nicely.—
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Lowell plunders an emerald out of a wrecked ship, starts a fistfight with a local ruler, nearly dies when a boa constrictor wraps itself around her neck, and is wounded by an alligator.—
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Matching fabric or wallpaper adorns the walls and ceilings, and the same print is often used in drapes, canopies, bedding, or upholstery.—
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The light here is dazzling, even more so when sieved through lime and olive leaves and wooden canopies to dance on walls, terracotta tables, and guests’ faces.—
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The wild color story takes a breath in the living room, where neutral grass cloth envelops the walls and ceiling.—
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Modified from machines used by Planters factories to wrap peanuts, this contraption envelops 5,000 MetroCards every hour—or more than one every second.—
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During the pregame portion of the game, contestants will often be held in tents with no talking for hours on end as they get taken out one at a time for an interview or photo shoot.—
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Along Cermak Road between Wentworth and Clark, the leftover food and overflowing garbage all spill outside tents at a homeless encampment.—
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This process continues for decades until eventually, one day, immune mediators rupture the cap that encloses the plaque.—
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Across Kyiv, snow covers the ground and roofs and is piled up next to sidewalks.—
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Early Taco Bells featured a Mission-style design notable for arched windows and tile roofs, similar to the architecture lurking in historic neighborhoods of California cities.—
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The objective is to study the composition and origin of the domes and surroundings.—
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The building boom only increased when Amazon moved its headquarters from Beacon Hill to a series of buildings that are all within walking distance of the hotel, including Amazon’s Spheres, the glass domes breaking up an expanse of office buildings.—
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“Bowers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowers. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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