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Recent Examples of cockadeWhen Francophiles aligned with Jefferson wore tricolor cockades, Washington’s men responded with sombre black ones.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026 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 Later, the tricolour seeped out from the cockade into the broader political sphere and is now immortalised in the French flag, a symbol of national identity and unity.—The Economist,
17 June 2020 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
Nano black features a fingerprint- and stain-resistant coating, while the silver-white Neo is treated with a special sandblasting process to give it a matte finish.
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Brian Westover,
PC Magazine,
16 Oct. 2026
Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin, meanwhile, became the first American team to win a medal in Olympic mixed doubles curling, taking silver.
Eugene Horsch and an unidentified woman were arrested days prior to the search, and authorities said Horsch possessed a pair of guns and a fake DEA badge.
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Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
22 Oct. 2026
When the driver of the orange vehicle saw him, Bonakdar said, Bridges was not wearing a face covering, as immigration agents often do, or a badge or tactical vest.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Oct. 2026
But most visitors were gathered around one explosively colorful painting in swirling shades of light and dark blue, bottle green, and pale gold.
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Joan Martelli,
Time,
17 Oct. 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to citizens last month to avoid foreign travel and buying gold, to ease the pressure on the local currency.
The top edge houses the power button, and the bottom edge features a USB-C port for charging and file transfer, along with a microSD card tray slot, which is very rare for ereaders and new to the Go 6.
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Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
16 Oct. 2026
Add to that Safe Return™ Emergency Autoland, where, if the pilot was incapacitated, a touch of a big red button initiates a safe, autonomous landing.
Sacramento police have arrested two Sacramento men in connection with the theft of the bronze sculpture depicting Ben Ali, California’s first Kentucky Derby winner, in Old North Sacramento.
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Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2026
It was sculpted by Felix de Weldon, who later created the massive bronze Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
Longies, which make up the majority of GRBs, are associated with collapsing supermassive stars, whereas shorties are linked to crashes between two neutron stars.
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Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
20 Oct. 2026
The Oscar-winning actress and former child star, who had a stroke in 2020, shared a rare photo of herself Friday on social media.