as in hoods
a hard covering that is worn to protect your head
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Recent Examples of helmets
With no allies, no helmets and no way of getting home, Smith might need Superman himself (David Corenswet) to get back to Earth.
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
The jaw-dropping reactions as the team’s owners handed out the helmets told the story.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Engineers, soldiers, and civilians all wore different variations, complete with modular life-support backpacks, exoskeletal plating, and transparent domed helmets that reveal the actors’ faces while maintaining a sense of airtight realism.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
The Kiwanis Club of Poway got involved in the safety event last month, giving away helmets to children who didn’t have them at the event.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
The couple suited up in black racing gear and helmets before zooming around the track.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Ned Overend, John Tomac, Juli Furtado, Sara Ballantyne, and others dominated the World Cup and world championships of cross-country mountain biking back then, their neon spandex and ping pong ball-like helmets blurring across singletrack from Vail to Val d’Isere.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
Photos and surveillance footage captured the moment Israeli soldiers in helmets and night vision goggles boarded the flotilla.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Come November 1, aisles will be stocked with tens of thousands of items including skis, snowboards, and helmets from top brands including Patagonia, Arc'teryx, Canada Goose, Moncler, and The North Face, that never made it to their winter destinations.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
The jaw-dropping reactions as the team’s owners handed out the helmets told the story.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Engineers, soldiers, and civilians all wore different variations, complete with modular life-support backpacks, exoskeletal plating, and transparent domed helmets that reveal the actors’ faces while maintaining a sense of airtight realism.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
The Kiwanis Club of Poway got involved in the safety event last month, giving away helmets to children who didn’t have them at the event.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
The couple suited up in black racing gear and helmets before zooming around the track.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Ned Overend, John Tomac, Juli Furtado, Sara Ballantyne, and others dominated the World Cup and world championships of cross-country mountain biking back then, their neon spandex and ping pong ball-like helmets blurring across singletrack from Vail to Val d’Isere.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
Photos and surveillance footage captured the moment Israeli soldiers in helmets and night vision goggles boarded the flotilla.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Come November 1, aisles will be stocked with tens of thousands of items including skis, snowboards, and helmets from top brands including Patagonia, Arc'teryx, Canada Goose, Moncler, and The North Face, that never made it to their winter destinations.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helmets
Noun
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By the mid-50s, Chrysler beefed up the 331 cubic inch engines into 392 cubic inch V-8s, stuffing them beneath the hoods of New Yorkers and Imperials.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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By the mid-50s, Chrysler beefed up the 331 cubic inch engines into 392 cubic inch V-8s, stuffing them beneath the hoods of New Yorkers and Imperials.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Pinochet himself was protected by the boinas negras, the black berets, an elite military group.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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Skip clichéd berets and 1950s-style pleated skirts, and instead, go for something sleek and sexy like this silk maxi skirt at Quince.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Sep. 2025
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Writer-director Benny Safdie helms this A24 drama that’s sure to be on Oscar voters’ radars.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The 63-year-old chef helms the kitchen at Vila Joya—the restaurant of a gracious boutique hotel in Portugal that shares its name—which earned one Michelin star in 1995 and a second in 1999.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Helmets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helmets. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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