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Recent Examples of poncho
The actress styled the pants with a long-sleeve top and a cozy gray poncho.
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Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
The team will also give away three kinds of hats — a waffle beanie, a western snapback and a home-and-away bucket hat — as well as an opening series scarf, a 1998 belt bag, a puffer vest, a patriotic aloha shirt, a poncho and a superhero pocket tee.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
The poncho-style outer layer fell just past the hem of the slip.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 25 Jan. 2026
Nicola wore a white poncho top, blue jeans and sunglasses for the casual outing.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
The team will also give away three kinds of hats — a waffle beanie, a western snapback and a home-and-away bucket hat — as well as an opening series scarf, a 1998 belt bag, a puffer vest, a patriotic aloha shirt, a poncho and a superhero pocket tee.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
The poncho-style outer layer fell just past the hem of the slip.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 25 Jan. 2026
Nicola wore a white poncho top, blue jeans and sunglasses for the casual outing.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poncho
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Personally, South Park with capes isn’t my favorite mode for this show.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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On Monday night, after jumping up and down like a little kid while bear hugging Morez Johnson, Mara dipped in the crowd to find a flag from his native Spain and made like Superman with a cape.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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It should have been called swamp or something like that…trench.—
Christine Terrisse,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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The work required felling primeval trees measuring six feet in diameter and digging a deep trench through the marsh to accommodate boat traffic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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The resident Manta Trust team has catalogued 150 individual rays and uses the world's first underwater contactless ultrasound scanner to check on pregnant mantas, while the Olive Ridley Project leads turtle research across Laamu Atoll.—
Jonny Bierman,
Time,
12 Mar. 2026
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The whale shark, one of only three filter-feeding sharks and the largest fish in the ocean, and the manta and devil rays have joined the list that offers the strictest restrictions on trade, called Appendix I. Whale sharks are at risk from overfishing as well as being struck by ships.—
Gareth J. Fraser,
The Conversation,
12 Dec. 2025
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At the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, the Duchess of Sussex looked lovely in a Dior Haute Couture trench coat from Maria Grazia Chiuri's Spring/Summer 2022 collection.—
Katherine J Igoe,
InStyle,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Printed Jacket Nothing solves finicky spring weather—when mornings are crisp and afternoons turn warm—quite like a khaki trench coat.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2026
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Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak)—
Robert Garnett,
WSJ,
14 July 2017
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For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.—
Sarah Khan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2020
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On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.—
Klara Glowczewska,
Town & Country,
30 Mar. 2015
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The mini halter dress featured a plunging cowl neckline and a thigh-bearing asymmetrical skirt.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
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Direct your gaze to the compact two-into-two Akrapovic exhaust snaking its way to the rear, where a sharp pillion cowl caps the seat.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2026
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Charlene donned a white dress underneath a matching coat, along with a mantilla, a lace veil that is traditionally worn by women in the Catholic Church.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
1 Apr. 2026
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The rest of the Grimaldi clan were dressed in black, with the female family members covering their hair with a mantilla.—
Séraphine Roger,
Vanity Fair,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Poncho.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poncho. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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