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Recent Examples of derby
The Schiaparelli collection included derby boots with corset lacing, pointed-toe pumps and keyhole pumps.
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Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Premier League leader Liverpool cannot stop winning and enters Saturday's Merseyside derby in imperious form.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
The synopsis describes a young family’s dream night at a football derby that turns into a nightmare when tear gas and locked gates trigger a deadly stadium stampede.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Getty Images The first north London derby of the season is still three months away, but Arsenal have already got one over Tottenham Hotspur this season.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Premier League leader Liverpool cannot stop winning and enters Saturday's Merseyside derby in imperious form.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
The synopsis describes a young family’s dream night at a football derby that turns into a nightmare when tear gas and locked gates trigger a deadly stadium stampede.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Getty Images The first north London derby of the season is still three months away, but Arsenal have already got one over Tottenham Hotspur this season.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for derby
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While Willie has a history of running track and playing basketball, Diana is a prolific bowler with multiple perfect 300 games to her credit and a skilled softball player, according to The Tennessean.—
Nasha Smith,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Joe Root, England’s best batter, has fallen to him 11 times, more than to any other Test bowler — a record Cummins shares with India’s Jasprit Bumrah.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Investigators also found a baseball cap, red sweater, cargo shorts and a sock nearby but no documentation identifying the victim.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Unlike his predecessor, Nick Nurse, Rajaković doesn’t generally wear a baseball cap.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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In 2017, Ripa entered the eerie world of Hulu’s The Handmaid's Tale on Live with Kelly and Ryan, decked out in the show’s ominous red handmaiden cloak and a white bonnet like its main protagonist, Ofred (played by Elisabeth Moss).—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Beef fat adds ricness to the briney seafood, and a Scotch bonnet chile ties it all together.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is also shown in the video wearing a cartoonish sombrero and mustache.—
NPR,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
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The initial days following the shutdown was followed by a blame game battle for social media attention, with Trump posting deepfakes of House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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If Fifth Down rules applied, and helmets crossing the goalline were enough for a touchdown, Coleman would have been ruled in.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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Both helmets will be available toward the middle of 2026, with the GTS priced at US$1,199/€1,199 and the GT at $949/€949.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Oct. 2025
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The place is the Savin Bar + Kitchen, in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, where immediately inside the front door, patrons are greeted by a larger-than-life framed mugshot of Bulger — the mob-boss, murderer, bank robber, drug dealer and extortionist — peering cooly out from under his fedora.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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Although Robert Englund has hung up his fedora and razor claws, the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise could live on with another Freddy Krueger.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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Katy Puig vomited a gush of seawater as a boater hoisted her unconscious body out of the water, fighting the current to get her to a yacht that had come to the rescue before first responders arrived in a flotilla.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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The baby used her tail to smack the bird before taking it underwater, resurfacing to show boaters the bird had been skinned, the group said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Her husband, Carter Reum, 44, dressed as Woody, complete with a cowboy hat and holster.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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The post was accompanied by an undated photo of Spears riding a horse while wearing white short shorts, a black cowboy hat and a bikini top.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Derby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derby. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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