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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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This is a motorcar with a very long bonnet, very long tail and a very short cabin.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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Between wash days, consider protecting your curls by sleeping with a silk bonnet or silk pillowcase.—
Aimee Simeon,
Glamour,
7 May 2026
Noun
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That blogger with a beret, Emily Cooper has flown the coop!—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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In the first photo, the teen showed herself after being initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha, wearing a green beret, black jacket, white and a pink bag on her shoulder.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Her matching turban completed the unexpected look.—
Jessica Booth,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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Hoja calmly takes off his turban and places it on the villager’s head.—
Perin Gürel,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Small tips, like the cut of hoods, or the excess arm space runners need in order to move, showed students how intricate even the simplest of pieces needed to be.—
Kaio Cesar,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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The victim jumped on the hood of Rone’s car, who turned right out of his driveway and began going about 20 to 30 mph on the street, the court record says.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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 14 May. 2026.
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