I recall the unnatural silence blanketing the city before the first American cruise missiles were launched.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/opinion/iraq-war-20-photojournalism.html

July 11 - Bloomberg (Priscila Azevedo Rocha and Elena Mazneva): "Heat is blanketing Europe from Germany to the Balkans, putting pressure on the region's energy and transport systems as rivers such as the Rhine and Rhone are impacted.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4617287-weekly-commentary-battle-lines-are-drawn?source=feed_all_articles

Locals took to social media to share pictures of hail blanketing their properties, with one Facebook user calling the scene a springtime “winter wonderland”.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/11/10/news/woman-dies-after-being-crushed-by-tree-in-wild-australian-storm/

On Tuesday, August 29, the hotly contested expansion of the ULEZ came into force, with the scheme now blanketing all London Boroughs, and bringing its catchment zone right up to the Kent border.

Source: https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/outrage-ulez-building-protesters-declare-8720612

People like him are fighting for forests blanketing the 1,500-kilometre (900-mile) mountain range that spans eight nations and sits in a region that is supposed to be among the best preserved in the EU.

Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/the-fight-to-save-sacred-carpathian-forests-from-loggers/

Smoke could be seen billowing across the area and blanketing nearby roads.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/23294070.great-western-road-fire-blaze-closes-major-road/?ref=rss

Snow blanketing houses in Sheffield city centre on Sunday morning.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12821457/Winter-Britain-drivers-mayhem-ice-rink-Monday-travel-necessary-forecasters-warning-snow-roads-freeze.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The Indo-Gangetic fog combined with heavy pollution blanketing the plains from Pakistan, across northern India and the Nepal Tarai to Bangladesh in this NASA satellite image taken in late January.

Source: https://www.nepalitimes.com/banner/fogbound-tarai/

“They climb into the hills and cold squalls of rain sweep down on them and drench them and then the rain suddenly gives place to snow — blanketing, blinding snow or cruel driving sleet freezes in solid sheets on the windscreens of the trucks.”

Source: https://bcdemocrat.com/2023/03/28/jim-watkins-fallen-soldier-posthumously-receives-purple-heart/

While ripping out yellow blooms blanketing hillsides in Los Angeles, Max Kingery has been questioned about his fervor for killing flowers.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2023/0616/Monstrous-mustard-California-chefs-artists-target-invasive-species?icid=rss