He even took off his coat and went to the edge of the water, to go in after her.

NEWYORKER: The Swan

Named after the Aesop fable in which the sun persuades a man to take off his coat after the North Wind fails to do so, the policy sought to engage the North.

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He took off his coat.

NEWYORKER: Tenth of December

Eva nodded, and this time she did smile, but Harley was already moving away, loping off toward the gate in his winter coat, the snow clinging to his coat sleeves and the wool cap as he stepped out onto the pavement and headed across the green.

NEWYORKER: The Bell Ringer

The same is true of the frequently repeated section where the hero cares for his horse by brushing dirt off its coat, filling a trough with water, and feeding it apples.

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At his house, he told me not to take off my coat until the place had warmed up a bit.

NEWYORKER: Amundsen

His wife, seated in the third row wearing an off-white trench coat, stared ahead.

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Took off his hat and gloves, stuffed the hat and gloves in a sleeve of the coat, left the coat on the bench.

NEWYORKER: Tenth of December

Then he was out, water streaming off him, a piece of ice like a tiny pane of glass in the cuff of his coat sleeve.

NEWYORKER: Tenth of December