: an often high-crowned hat of felt or straw with a very wide brim worn especially in the Southwest and Mexico
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People started droping off costume accessories and dress-up requests — a sombrero for Cinco De Mayo, for example.—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 30 May 2025 Many of the protesters had covered their faces and wore long sleeves; one wore a sombrero.—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 11 June 2025 Martinis are in order, as well as garish floral print shirts and oversized sombreros.—David Weiss, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 At the Fiesta Plaza neighborhood, the world's largest sombrero will adorn the Tipsy Sombrero Bar.—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for sombrero
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