tam

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Noun
  • Looking back on the experience, Costner recalls his costume being too big for him and his turban falling off.
    Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Search and rescue teams were not able to relocate the missing man, who was wearing a white turban and a black shirt, shorts and vest.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • McCall’s banner also appears to cleverly usurp and subvert the aesthetics of European heraldry—indeed, its elegant design would look utterly correct on a beret, a medal, or a heater shield.
    Alex Jovanovich, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Sartorially, Parisians are way beyond the cliché of a beret and a striped top, sipping café au lait at a sidewalk bistro.
    Gena Kaufman, InStyle, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Pugsley is a pug wearing a fez.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sutton Foster crochets Hugh Jackman a marching-band shako for the occasion.
    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
Noun
  • So, after the sombrero drew hearty guffaws, my friend Jim busied himself finding monuments to chip-and-dip tastelessness.
    Lee Michael Katz, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Their baby daughter is in-between them, wearing a white bonnet, pink stockings and a plaid onesie.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Some people were seen breaking or spray painting windows and state law enforcement officers wearing helmets and holding batons ordered the remaining group of fewer than 100 people to leave late Friday.
    Rebecca Santana, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the thin, stretch material is lightweight enough to layer under a helmet if needed.
    Alison Syrett Cleary, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Kentucky Derby also stormed back onto the list after a three-year layoff, as nearly 18 million people in funny hats (including 959,000 streamers) cheered on Sovereignty’s muddy victory, a turnout enhanced by Nielsen’s OOH upgrade.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The hat was supposed to disguise him from the masses who were hearing the missing woman's story and formulating an opinion.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Tam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tam. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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