The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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In the pouring rain, around 50 protesters with umbrellas gathered outside Istanbul's Caglayan courthouse under the watch of several dozen police, chanting: "Denis Goktas is not alone!"
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The downpour is marked with a picture of Brits under umbrellas.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Who needs umbrellas when you’ve got a tanning bed, a chin-up bar, beef-tallow stockpiles, and a gallon of only-sometimes-poisonous raw milk?
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
The White House and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth celebrated the incident on social media after beachgoers were scrambled and sand, umbrellas and chairs were whipped through the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
When all my friends were getting Pound Puppies and She-Ra figurines, my mom had wrapped up place mats and umbrellas that I recognized from our local drugstore.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
