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Recent Examples of shako
Sutton Foster crochets Hugh Jackman a marching-band shako for the occasion.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
In black-and-white school photos from the early ’60s, Trump can be seen in boots, sash and a plumed shako, like some Austro-Hungarian infantryman.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
Tip o the shako to Heather Curtis.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2012
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
In black-and-white school photos from the early ’60s, Trump can be seen in boots, sash and a plumed shako, like some Austro-Hungarian infantryman.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
Tip o the shako to Heather Curtis.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shako
Noun
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Soldiers from the Old Guard, wearing tricorne hats and bright-red uniforms, marched past, amid a flourish of fifes and drums.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Take out yer triangular hat (a tricorn), eye patch, brass earrings, shoulder parrot, sword and scabbard, hook for a hand, and peg for a leg.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kardashian paired her velvet set with sheer stockings, patent leather pumps, a beret, and cat-eye sunglasses.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
5 Feb. 2026
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But Bill Murray was in this velvet tuxedo with a burgundy beret on.—
Eric Ryan,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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De Gaulle returned to Paris, walked the Champs-Élysées in his stiff kepi.—
Alexander Sammon,
Harper's Magazine,
25 June 2022
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De Gaulle returned to Paris, walked the Champs-Élysées in his stiff kepi.—
Rachel Kushner,
Harper’s Magazine ,
25 May 2022
Noun
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Singh, who would be our local guide, always wore the five traits of a pious Sikh man — uncut hair (symbolizing strength and holiness and topped by the identifying turban), a steel bracelet, wooden comb, sheathed dagger and a baggy undergarment dating back to the Sikhs’ warrior days on horses.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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With Khamenei’s regime, and his life, on the line, the resistance instinct must be warring with the survival instinct beneath that black turban.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Bloom was photographed inside the suite talking to Graves, Foxx, and Mike Majlak while wearing an orange and black Raising Cane football helmet on his head.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
11 Feb. 2026
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Heraskevych has been fighting to compete in the helmet, which features images of the Ukrainian athletes who either died fighting or were killed in attacks.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The bonnet-and-cloak outfit was largely inspired by a can of Old Dutch cleaning solution.—
Will Croxton,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The company says its solution allows solar panels to be integrated directly into the hood, bonnet, and roof of a vehicle.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The other, a raggedy, bearded civilian from his country’s military reserve, is less enthused, and often strips off his service greens and his Ottoman-style fez to smoke cigarettes and lounge in the sun.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
29 Dec. 2025
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Pugsley is a pug wearing a fez.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This deepfake video is the latest shared by the administration that has drawn criticism, after an artificial video of Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office (which never happened) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Also in the segment, Michael Che commented on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has overseen harsh immigration policies, celebrating her 54th birthday at a Mexican restaurant and at one point wearing a sombrero.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
7 Dec. 2025
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“Shako.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shako. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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