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Recent Examples of homburg
Mitchell was the most quietly elegant of men, dressed in a costume—a homburg, a knitted vest, a tweed jacket—that seemed unchanged since the thirties, and speaking in a soft but confident North Carolina accent.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
Optimo stocks a variety of styles, including homburgs, porkpies, straw Panamas, and fedoras, the last of which is seen here.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
At center is a war veteran, whose low-slung homburg casts a shadow over his heavy eyes: a dark band that contrasts with the white gauze wrapping his absent nose.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Now, this place was literally brimming with hats: fedoras, homburgs, pork pies, Panamas, stingy brims, newsboys, boaters.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
Men dressed in waistcoats, blazers, and homburg and bowler hats smoked their pipes and fidgeted with their mustaches.
—Longreads, 4 May 2023
One focused on his leopard-skin loafers, another on his silk homburg.
—Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2019
Wrapping himself in his big winter overcoat and donning his homburg hat, the Munich Post editor walked to the streetcar station.
—Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2019
Once Jimmie’s dad doffs his homburg and takes a seat, be prepared for some serious head-scratching.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
Optimo stocks a variety of styles, including homburgs, porkpies, straw Panamas, and fedoras, the last of which is seen here.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
At center is a war veteran, whose low-slung homburg casts a shadow over his heavy eyes: a dark band that contrasts with the white gauze wrapping his absent nose.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Now, this place was literally brimming with hats: fedoras, homburgs, pork pies, Panamas, stingy brims, newsboys, boaters.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
Men dressed in waistcoats, blazers, and homburg and bowler hats smoked their pipes and fidgeted with their mustaches.
—Longreads, 4 May 2023
One focused on his leopard-skin loafers, another on his silk homburg.
—Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2019
Wrapping himself in his big winter overcoat and donning his homburg hat, the Munich Post editor walked to the streetcar station.
—Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2019
Once Jimmie’s dad doffs his homburg and takes a seat, be prepared for some serious head-scratching.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homburg
Noun
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And at one point Matt Damon wears the stupid little fedora and gets angel powers?—
Tres Dean,
Vulture,
25 July 2025
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Joe Loya stepped into a San Diego bank just before closing with his fedora pulled low, his trench coat brushing his pants and his eyes hidden behind dark sunglasses.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
26 July 2025
Noun
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In a race that includes a former governor and incumbent mayor with national reputations, a socialist frontrunner, and a combative former mayoral candidate toting a red beret, Walden’s relatively low-key temperament has seen his presence in the campaign diminished by his rivals.—
Menachem Spiegel,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
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Think crochet dresses, chiffon shawls in sorbet hues, berets, coiffed afros, mixed prints, Studio 54-esque jumpsuits, beaded braids à la Patrice Rushen, and men dressed like Barkley Hendricks paintings.—
Shelton Boyd-Griffith,
Vogue,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The post-Shah state was a mishmash of neckties and turbans, with Bazargan as Prime Minister and Khomeini hovering somewhere above.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Yet the courts that uphold the rights of Sikhs to keep their long hair, beards and turbans while serving in the military and the right for parents to opt their kids out of certain classes or curriculum materials also rule against Native religious rights far more often than for them.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
13 July 2025
Noun
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People started droping off costume accessories and dress-up requests — a sombrero for Cinco De Mayo, for example.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
30 May 2025
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Many of the protesters had covered their faces and wore long sleeves; one wore a sombrero.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Many delegations treat the convention like senior week and wear matching outfits—Hawaii’s were obviously the best, but the Wisconsin delegates had their traditional postmodern tricornes shaped like cheese.—
Yiyun Li,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Sep. 2024
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Johnson made this conversation explicit by name-checking or picturing Evans, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, and Richard Avedon—the latter pops up here in a picture on a book cover, which Johnson has topped with a pirate’s tricorne hat.—
Vince Aletti,
The New Yorker,
22 July 2022
Noun
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now the first American Pope, is seen here receiving his biretta from Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sept. 30, 2023.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 May 2025
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Instead of the usual thousands, only 10 guests per cardinal were allowed in St. Peter's Basilica as the pope gave the men their ring and traditional red hat, known as a biretta.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
28 Nov. 2020
Noun
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John Cena fez a alegria dos fãs mexicanos ao vestir máscara de Lucha Libre no Palco Omelete.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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Still, Smith takes our mid-position, for his fez, bow-tie, and an impressive three-year tenure. 5.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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She was last seen wearing a white tank top, gray skinny ripped jeans and a pink bonnet in her hair.—
Jack Albright,
jsonline.com,
18 July 2025
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This car gets a full-width rear spoiler offering 44kg of downforce at 202 mph, a plethora of ‘S’ badging, bonnet blades, and underbody treatment, to allow for 111kg of downforce at vmax.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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“Homburg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homburg. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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