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Both of her arms were covered in freshly-inked tattoos, her left arm still wrapped in glistening cellophane.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025
A 2,100-foot roll of cellophane costs $45; it was $25 in 2019.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024
Trees and shrubbery made from green paper littered the rig, particularly on the helipad, where a farm thrived under a transparent cellophane biodome.
From Slate • Dec. 16, 2023
“Relationships were relentlessly stapled out of cardboard and then wrapped in cellophane with professional-looking bows,” Hermetz wrote.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023
Seating himself at the dressing table, Bernabe peeled the sanitary cellophane wrappers off two glasses and poured them each a drink.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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