turban

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Recent Examples of turban With Khamenei’s regime, and his life, on the line, the resistance instinct must be warring with the survival instinct beneath that black turban. Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026 Photos of the iconic meeting show Princess Grace in a lime-green Givenchy dress and white turban, while Jackie wore a black dress with pearls. Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for turban
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turban
Noun
  • That blogger with a beret, Emily Cooper has flown the coop!
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • The school’s logo historically featured a stereotypical depiction of a Native American man wearing a war bonnet, regalia traditionally worn by leaders of the American Plains Indians Nations.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
  • Once the Cornish pasty came to Jamaica, it was transformed with curry, cumin, and other spices, along with Scotch bonnet peppers to give it even more of a kick.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • It was pared with a matching fez hat, oversized cuff bangles, and flat black sandles.
    Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • The helmets, made with unfixed chalk, were visually forceful but materially fragile, holding protection and vulnerability in the same frame.
    Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2026
  • Volunteers will help conduct bike safety inspections, guide young riders through a series of skills stations and fit protective helmets.
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • He's shown wearing a black skullcap, black facemask on his chin, red sweatshirt and red sweatpants, and sneakers.
    Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The stock market may be near all-time highs, helped by the Magnificent Seven, but a look under the hood is showing some troubling breadth patterns.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 4 May 2026
  • This renovation is a bit splashier than the others, starting in the kitchen with a Wolf range and hood, Subzero fridge, Miele dishwasher, Miele washer and dryer, and heated floors.
    Katie McDonough, Curbed, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • The man in the statue wears a kufi, a round, brimless cap common in the region.
    Kayla Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Other traditions were also represented: The opening processional included religious officials wearing a yarmulke (Judaism), a kufi (Islam) and a long black robe (Eastern Orthodox Christianity).
    Blake Nelson, Mercury News, 18 July 2025

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“Turban.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turban. Accessed 7 May. 2026.

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