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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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Bertinelli, at 65 and perennially adorable in a beret, glasses and comfy striped sweater, is chatting from her bedroom, sipping from a mug and sharing unvarnished insights about love, self-acceptance and moving beyond traumas that might otherwise define us.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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Atletico will transport their fans to 1930s Birmingham with a Garrison Tavern at the stadium — where the Shelby family meet in the show — a barbershop inspired by that period and flatcap-wearing actors distributing newspapers and berets to fans.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
9 Mar. 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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Every failure of the state now stains the turban as well as the uniform.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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Another suspect was said to be about 14 years-old, 5-foot-5, about 190 pounds and wearing a black shirt, denim gray pants, white Air Force 1 Nikes and a black helmet with a blue backpack on a black e-bike, police said.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
11 Mar. 2026
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During a shift change, Dean Tait watched from behind the glass, removing his helmet and taking a drink from his water bottle.—
Panashe Matemba-Mutasa,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Each table also has a plate of pickled shallots with Scotch bonnet peppers, inspired by another of their grandmother’s recipes.—
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Folks in the South will recognize ingredients like oxtails and butter beans, which are combined with Jamaican green seasoning, Scotch bonnet, and allspice in Fowles's recipe.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 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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That’s what lawmakers grappled with Monday when a local conservative provocateur came to testify on an immigration bill wearing brownface and a sombrero and speaking Spanish.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
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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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“Shako.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shako. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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