as in cloaks
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
a blanket of fog concealed the view of the harbor
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as in coats
to form a layer over
leaves blanketed all of the land around the house
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as in hides
to keep secret or shut off from view
blanketed the secret memo from the news media
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as in extinguishes
to cause to cease burning
firefighters managed to blanket the fire with foam
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Recent Examples of blankets
Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Store excess blankets in a linen closet, a floor basket, a blanket ladder, or a chest of drawers.
—Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
Style your living room with new throw pillow covers and blankets, design a relaxing bedroom with natural cotton sheets, set the table with stoneware plates, or make your kitchen even more functional with premium baking dishes and wooden utensils.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Thick bundle of blankets outside of cell to seep up urine.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
During the event, customers can get help completing Power of Warmth applications for electric blankets to be distributed onsite.
—Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Jan. 2026
Inside the store, shelves to the right of the entrance are stacked with nonperishable foods, hygiene products, pet food and donated blankets and sweaters, Smith said.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
Travelrest 4-in-1 Travel Blanket Gone are the days of relying on the not-so-comfortable airline blankets.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2025
People were everywhere, carrying mattresses and blankets.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
Mary Sollosi, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
Pennywise blankets the town of Derry in a thick and mysterious fog.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
Snow typically blankets northern Arizona each winter, shaping travel, recreation and even wildfire season in the months that follow.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
The 62% Valrhona Satilia dark chocolate option hits a careful balance of intensity and drinkability that blankets one’s mouth in a rich chocolate flavor without overwhelming it.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Hike, walk, run, or bike in the warmer months, and when snow blankets the area, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing become popular picks.
—Vivian Chung, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2025
Lake effect snow blankets the region Lake effect snow was still falling on Veterans Day morning in the Great Lakes region, where some communities already had a foot of snow or more.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
As temperatures plummet and heavy snow blankets large parts of the nation, experts are urging Americans likely to be affected to take simple but critical steps to prepare their homes for the extreme cold.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
His droll voiceover, which warmly blankets and contextualizes his imagery, provides viewers an entrée into an worldview effortlessly engaged with culture, politics, and the smallest details of his private life.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
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Then, check out a few other heated blankets on sale.
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Not helping matters is a snowstorm that blankets the seaside town.
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The Goldwell Open Air Museum, next to the skeletal buildings of Rhyolite Ghost Town, is a large-scale sculpture installation created by a group of Belgian artists that’s complete with ghostly figures wearing white cloaks.—
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My freshman-year college roommate brought an entire underbed storage tub full of medieval costumes (multiple petticoats and cloaks).—
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The onions should fall apart, creating a thick, rich sauce that coats the meat.—
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Further experiments revealed that the extracellular vesicles stopped senescence by using the extracellular matrix protein fibronectin, which coats their surfaces and then causes a release of enzymes that block the effects of oxidative stress which unleash senescence.—
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And while Americans’ overall ideological self-identification looks stable in the aggregate (37% very conservative/conservative, 34% moderate, 25% very liberal/liberal), a January 2025 Gallup poll shows that this steadiness hides tectonic tensions tugging beneath the surface.—
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Now, Scieszka’s debut filters Tuck Everlasting-esque immortality through the social media age—examining how someone hides their eternal lifespan from facial recognition technology and venture capitalists looking to capitalize upon family property and the ultimate anti-aging secrets.—
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After the fish has dropped, a bucket of water from Enid Lake extinguishes the fire.—
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Other projectile powers satisfy in and out of combat, like the ice shot that extinguishes fires and freezes foes in their tracks.—
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The 54 unidentified bodies were laid carefully in a long line of white shrouds as Palestinians gathered around the grave site.—
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That’s because cutting-edge encryption shrouds information behind mathematical problems (such as factoring enormous numbers) that are conjectured to be unsolvable in any practical amount of time.—
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The total misuse of COVID funds in the district, which covers the Charlotte metro area, includes tens of millions, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.—
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Inside the manor house, a rustic spread including cornetti, orange cakes, apricot pastries, homemade granola, and local cheese covers an enormous industrial-style table.—
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Bedsure Twin Heated Blanket With a fleece top and faux shearling backing, the blanket’s thick fabric conceals the wires, giving it the feel of a cozy throw rather than a typical heated blanket.—
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Her go-to is the Madison Reed Radiant Hair Color Kit, a $35 at-home hair color box that conceals 100 percent of stubborn grays and enhances shine.—
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Kay’s refined style – made up of ivory wool coats, pillbox hats and delicate face veils – is Marty’s aspirational opposite.—
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The embroidery in the veils is done by hand.—
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“Blankets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blankets. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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