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Recent Examples of fez
Pugsley is a pug wearing a fez.
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Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
John Cena fez a alegria dos fãs mexicanos ao vestir máscara de Lucha Libre no Palco Omelete.
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Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
Still, Smith takes our mid-position, for his fez, bow-tie, and an impressive three-year tenure.
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Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
Don’t miss the cemetery, either, where the carvings atop each tombstone indicate that person’s station in life (a fez headdress was reserved for government officials, a turban for someone of the religious order, an anchor for a seaman, and so on).
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Ashlea Halpern,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Dec. 2018
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Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
John Cena fez a alegria dos fãs mexicanos ao vestir máscara de Lucha Libre no Palco Omelete.
—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
Still, Smith takes our mid-position, for his fez, bow-tie, and an impressive three-year tenure.
5.
—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
Don’t miss the cemetery, either, where the carvings atop each tombstone indicate that person’s station in life (a fez headdress was reserved for government officials, a turban for someone of the religious order, an anchor for a seaman, and so on).
—
Ashlea Halpern,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fez
Noun
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Style the silk foulard into a turban for an elegant night out look, or wrap it around your waist to dress up a simple T-shirt and linen pants outfit.
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Digwa then claimed in bodycam footage released by police that Nowak had grabbed his turban and subjected him to racist abuse.
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Many French fans sported blue jerseys and commemorative berets featuring the 2026 World Cup trophy.
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Queen Camilla wore a red silk crepe dress by Fiona Clare inspired by the Grenadier Guards uniform, paired with a black Philip Treacy beret featuring a white plume and the regiment's cap badge.
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Sombrero flick The sombrero flick means different things to different people.
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Quiroz recently began wearing a sombrero.
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The rest of the new guard includes Annika de Las Heras as CEO, alongside Mette Bring Søberg, who has led the test kitchen since the last decade, as head of R&D and Pablo Soto, the head toque of Noma since 2013, as executive chef.
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Gollenz accepted the toque in 2021 and promptly won the restaurant a Michelin star.
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Another promotional video for Rededicate 250 blends various Christian and American imagery — scenes of a cross laid on an American flag, a robed choir, people raising their hands in worship — along with a brief scene of a man praying while wearing a Jewish skullcap.
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Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop.
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For example, the tourist melting in the heat wearing a fedora procured at a cheap souvenir shop near the train station is a dead giveaway of someone not from the area.
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He is spurred to take it up again to deal with the rise of super-powered villains and, in-keeping with his day-job as a PI, Reilly dons a trench coat and a fedora for his exploits.
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So, there are [memes] of me as Doctor Manhattan with a chain and a dashiki and a kufi and, like, red laser eyes.
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The man in the statue wears a kufi, a round, brimless cap common in the region.
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The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.
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Consider using a satin or silk bonnet and pillowcase to reduce friction, prevent breakage, and preserve your hairstyle while sleeping.
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“Fez.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fez. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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