as in hoods
a hard covering that is worn to protect your head
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Recent Examples of helmets
Photos and surveillance footage captured the moment Israeli soldiers in helmets and night vision goggles boarded the flotilla.
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Take the logos off the helmets, and the Commodores would probably be the favorites on paper.
—Manny Navarro, New York Times, 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
Why, then, do the Hornets collectively feel as if their helmets got kicked in?
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
The Dolphins will be decked out in dark blue uniforms and helmets, with orange and aqua accents.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Winless New Orleans broke out its alternate white helmets in Week 3 for its loss in Seattle.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
The team will also be wearing black helmets with the throwback jerseys.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The pink helmets, sold in size small, do not comply with standards for absorbing impacts and stability when worn, nor with labeling and certification requirements.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Take the logos off the helmets, and the Commodores would probably be the favorites on paper.
—Manny Navarro, New York Times, 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
Why, then, do the Hornets collectively feel as if their helmets got kicked in?
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
The Dolphins will be decked out in dark blue uniforms and helmets, with orange and aqua accents.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Winless New Orleans broke out its alternate white helmets in Week 3 for its loss in Seattle.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
The team will also be wearing black helmets with the throwback jerseys.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
The pink helmets, sold in size small, do not comply with standards for absorbing impacts and stability when worn, nor with labeling and certification requirements.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helmets
Noun
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Both of them wore their stocking caps pulled down beneath the hoods of their anoraks.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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In the first minutes, after the group of influencers, athletes, models, podcasters and actors are driven into the the desert in Morocco, their military manhandlers storm the bus and put black hoods over the heads, marching them into the unknown.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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There has been very few hats which are as perfect as his small beaded caps and berets in his Haute Couture collections.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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 5 Oct. 2025.
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