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Recent Examples of bonnet
One heel struck the car’s bonnet, leaving a silver chink.
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‘pemi Aguda, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
Once the Cornish pasty came to Jamaica, it was transformed with curry, cumin, and other spices, along with Scotch bonnet peppers to give it even more of a kick.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
At the time of the stabbing, she was dressed in a black sweatsuit and was wearing a multi-colored bonnet, similar to a shower cap, police said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
Three kids in Fordyce posed their bike and the lady in the bonnet posed in Harrison.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2026
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‘pemi Aguda, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
Once the Cornish pasty came to Jamaica, it was transformed with curry, cumin, and other spices, along with Scotch bonnet peppers to give it even more of a kick.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
At the time of the stabbing, she was dressed in a black sweatsuit and was wearing a multi-colored bonnet, similar to a shower cap, police said.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
Three kids in Fordyce posed their bike and the lady in the bonnet posed in Harrison.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bonnet
Noun
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Ferrier fell onto the hood of the car and multiple eyewitnesses reported that Allen tried to accelerate and break in an attempt to get him off.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Under the hood, the agent is pulling text from merchant product descriptions, marketing pages and review snippets that were written to rank on Google, not to survive scrutiny from an AI making a purchase recommendation.—
Michael Quoc,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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There were crinoline explosions and Panama teardrops, tiny little fascinators and huge brimmed sunbonnets.—
Denise Coffey,
Courant Community,
30 May 2017
Noun
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Former James Bond actor Sean Connery was dancing, legendary Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was wearing a Viking helmet and one of the country’s great strikers, Ally McCoist, sang Bruce Springsteen numbers on karaoke.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Tight ends Jake Briningstool and John Michael Gyllenborg and defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott were watching without helmets.—
Pete Sweeney
June 3,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2026
Noun
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If Billy, who wears a turban and caftan in a few scenes, calls to mind Norma Desmond of Sunset Boulevard, Schoenbrun directly assures you that that is not an accident.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Her matching turban completed the unexpected look.—
Jessica Booth,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Charlie Chaplin, an Englishman, did in fact wear a beret as an actor spoofing a pretentious director in his 1916 short Behind the Screen.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Then came John Travolta and his charming little berets.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 May 2026
Noun
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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.—
Peter Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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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.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Gollenz accepted the toque in 2021 and promptly won the restaurant a Michelin star.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
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The two-time Top Chef winner, who’s also in charge at the tasting-menu spot Huso (one of our best new restaurants in America of 2025) in New York City, will be the head toque of a hands-on cooking class at Robb Report’s Culinary Masters in New Orleans.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
27 Apr. 2026
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now the first American Pope, is seen here receiving his biretta from Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sept. 30, 2023.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 May 2025
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Cardinals from Brunei and the Philippines could not travel and will receive their ring and biretta from a papal delegate.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
28 Nov. 2020
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“Bonnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bonnet. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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