sombrero

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Recent Examples of sombrero Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer referred to an earlier video, also featuring Jeffries in a sombrero, as childish and evidence that the White House and the GOP were unserious about the shutdown. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025 The fake video, widely condemned as racist, depicted Jeffries with a Mexican sombrero and fake mustache. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025 Ken sports a charro outfit and a traditional sombrero. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025 Many of the protesters had covered their faces and wore long sleeves; one wore a sombrero. Emily Witt, New Yorker, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for sombrero
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sombrero
Noun
  • Beckham posts regular beauty tutorials from home, wearing nothing but a robe and towel turban.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Pinochet himself was protected by the boinas negras, the black berets, an elite military group.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Paterson seemed to have the diva crown clinched until Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels and another mayoral hopeful, showed up in his red beret.
    Henry Alford, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With no allies, no helmets and no way of getting home, Smith might need Superman himself (David Corenswet) to get back to Earth.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Despite wearing a helmet and protective vest, Reeve was found unconscious and not breathing, but was revived with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, according to the Washington Post.
    Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That kind of hard-hitting toque just wants to break chains and shear cogs, so taking the load off while shifting keeps that from happening.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Alpers donned a traditional chef’s uniform, including the toque (or tall hat), and planned to carry Milo in a large mixing bowl.
    Mandi Wright, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Pugsley is a pug wearing a fez.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
  • John Cena fez a alegria dos fãs mexicanos ao vestir máscara de Lucha Libre no Palco Omelete.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Ahead of his appearance in the building, guests received a red baseball cap in the style of the traditional MAGA hats made famous by the president.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Costumes of cartoon characters and puffy pigs, leopard outfits, Halloween masks and fuzzy hats.
    Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pair it with sequin shorts and a black fedora and there’ll be zero confusion about who you’re dressed as this Halloween.
    Zoe Weiner, StyleCaster, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Wearing a classic fedora, Broder’s profile is seen briefly as the spurned patron walks away.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Sombrero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sombrero. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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