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Recent Examples of cockadeFrench revolutionaries pinned cockades to their clothes; suffragettes slung purple-and-green sashlike ribbons across their chests.—Alice Robb, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023 As a general and eventual emperor, Napoleon wore the cockade to symbolize his own revolutionary leadership.—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2023 Lafayette, on his return to France in 1779, was a hero with all the glamour of revolution clinging to his cockade, as charismatic as Che Guevara in the sixties, but with a better character.—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021 In revolutionary France, the Marquis de Lafayette, the same French aristocrat who fought in the American revolutionary war, is said to have designed the red, blue and white cockade.—The Economist, 17 June 2020 Nearly 500 costume makers and enthusiasts from around the world converged on the DoubleTree Hotel at Hazard Center this weekend for panels on makeup transformations, fun with fosshape, beginner embroidery and ribbon cockades.—David Garrick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 May 2018
Recently at the All’s Fair premiere in Los Angeles, the actress wore a glittery black-and-silver turtleneck top with short sleeves along with a sleek maxi skirt.
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Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
Maxing out Speech is fine, but if the Intimidator trait isn’t also selected, some characters still won’t be swayed by the Commander’s silver tongue.
The report should include the names of the agencies present, whether a judicial warrant was presented and any available information about the law enforcement officers involved, such as their badge numbers, officials said.
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Alexandra Mendoza,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
After the Florida incident, Ingrassia's federal employee badge and access to DHS headquarters were revoked from August 27 to September 2, according to two officials.
No visible insignia identified them as state or federal — or even legal authorities at all.
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J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
Evidence also allegedly showed him in photographs and videos taken around the time of the attack in combat gear, carrying weapons and standing with armed militants, sometimes wearing NRB insignia and Hamas-style headbands.
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Greg Norman , Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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