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Noun
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Cole flew to San Diego on Saturday morning, with his signature yellow tuxedo and top hat, to take the mic for the second game at Petco.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025 -
The older Burnett would put on a top hat, a black suit, a red tie and a red handkerchief.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Here, Ross’ 1984-era super-padded shoulders take his mess jacket to a cartoonish extreme, but, paired with some sort of baseball cap on backwards, he’s not headed to the Royal Marines’ Christmas ball anyway.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Phoenix Suns shooting guard, 28, kept it more casual in a monochromatic white outfit paired with a baseball cap and sunglasses.—
Stephanie Wenger,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Adcock was shirtless, wearing only a cowboy hat and a pair of jeans, while leading the crowd.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Hargitay could be seen smiling with her arm around her teenage daughter, who gave a soft smile and wore a white sweater with a bear in a cowboy hat.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Clockwise from top: A 1957 Balenciaga hat, Deirdre Hawken’s Cauliflower Headpiece from 2013, a layered silk hat from the 1940s, and a 1942 Germaine Vittu hat.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2024
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Yet, Halston does clock something of use from the experience: a young woman in the audience who, among the sweater sets, is wearing a colorful silk hat.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Vulture,
14 May 2021
Noun
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One of the most popular traditional costumes was the bauta, which consisted of a full mask, a cape that covered the head and shoulders, and a tricorn or cocked hat.—
Elizabeth Djinis,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2024
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Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.—
William Finnegan,
The New Yorker,
15 May 2021
Noun
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Another photo shows Harper in a pink stocking cap.—
Todd Melby,
Twin Cities,
15 Sep. 2025
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Her most popular services are $254 sew-ins, where human hair extensions are woven into braids, and $125 quick weaves, where human or synthetic hair is styled and then glued to a stocking cap.—
Arriana McLymore,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Artist and designer Cecil Beaton performed a coy fashion magazine pose in full drag, his slender form crowned by an enormous picture hat that transforms him into something approaching a human flower, photographed by the duo David James Scott and Edgar Wilkinson.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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Okay, Emily is wearing a picture hat that makes her previous hat look tiny.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
2 May 2025
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This regulatory void raises concerns about exclusions for pre-existing conditions, potential service caps, and the absence of comprehensive coverage for preventive care.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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And blowing a whistle, a proletarian prophet in a red service cap.—
Ostap Kin,
The New York Review of Books,
23 Mar. 2022
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