turban

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Recent Examples of turban Singh, who would be our local guide, always wore the five traits of a pious Sikh man — uncut hair (symbolizing strength and holiness and topped by the identifying turban), a steel bracelet, wooden comb, sheathed dagger and a baggy undergarment dating back to the Sikhs’ warrior days on horses. Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026 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 Princess Grace wore a lime-green dress and jacket with a white turban. 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 See All Example Sentences for turban
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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
  • This is a motorcar with a very long bonnet, very long tail and a very short cabin.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 8 May 2026
  • Between wash days, consider protecting your curls by sleeping with a silk bonnet or silk pillowcase.
    Aimee Simeon, Glamour, 7 May 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 14 May. 2026.

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