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Recent Examples of sunbonnet
There were crinoline explosions and Panama teardrops, tiny little fascinators and huge brimmed sunbonnets.
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Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 30 May 2017
Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 30 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunbonnet
Noun
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The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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This is a motorcar with a very long bonnet, very long tail and a very short cabin.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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In an interview with CNN published on Monday, May 18, Travolta explained the origin of his beret-centric look.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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The actor paired a dark three-piece suit with a cream tie, round glasses and a cream beret that gave the entire look a retro European twist.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
Noun
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If Billy, who wears a turban and caftan in a few scenes, calls to mind Norma Desmond of Sunset Boulevard, Schoenbrun directly assures you that that is not an accident.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Her matching turban completed the unexpected look.—
Jessica Booth,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
Noun
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Buford-Johnson and her daughter escaped into freezing water before climbing onto the hood of a car to wait for rescue.—
Greg Bennett,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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In an extreme example in February, police in Santa Ana, California, said a man threw a bicycle at a car in traffic, damaging its hood.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Quiroz recently began wearing a sombrero.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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With an Opening Day golden sombrero and an 0-for-7 start to the season, there was plenty of reason to be worried about Aaron Judge.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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After the waiter lifts a silver cloche from the plate laid before him with a flourish, the aghast Mr. Bean frantically finds places to hide the offending beef away.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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Safeguard early plantings from frost by covering them with frost blankets, cloches, or row covers.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Most Common Breed of Egg-Laying Chicken is the White Leghorn The breed was first imported to America in 1828 from the Italian port city of Livorno; leghorn is an anglicization of the city's name.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
29 Oct. 2015
Noun
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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.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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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
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“Sunbonnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunbonnet. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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