sundress
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sundresses
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Savannah crossed town to the University of Arizona, her alma mater, and strode the quad in sunglasses and a sundress, trailed by the marching band playing the school’s fight song, “Bear Down, Arizona.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Every spring, I get the urge to buy something new: a sundress, a pretty blouse or something hopeful after a long, drab winter.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
“I bought three new pairs of jeans. I wore a sundress for the first time in a decade,” she says.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 16, 2023
The bride wore a sundress and a veil she picked out moments earlier and the groom a black button-down with a fresh haircut from his family’s salon down the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
The bottom of her light green sundress flows as she spins around.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
Many wore sundresses, cowboy boots, leopard print and, to comply with tight security, plastic see-through purses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Even though she had never worn a super-formal gown before - only loose sundresses - Trinity trusted the designer's guidance, settling on a fitted look with "at least one over-the-top piece".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
Which was, in fact, already set up across the room—it was just covered in sundresses and tops.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2025
Although this week’s hot weather may have prompted an early appearance of flip-flops and sundresses, forecasters warn this stretch of heat isn’t indicative of an early start to springtime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
It’s almost like June, when we would get out our sundresses and our sandals and go for an ice cream cone.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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