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Recent Examples of turban
Hoja calmly takes off his turban and places it on the villager’s head.
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Perin Gürel, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
In a brief video that circulated over the holidays among officers of the BART police force, the department’s chief pins a badge on a beaming young officer wearing the turban of his Sikh faith.
—Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026
Every failure of the state now stains the turban as well as the uniform.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
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
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Perin Gürel, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
In a brief video that circulated over the holidays among officers of the BART police force, the department’s chief pins a badge on a beaming young officer wearing the turban of his Sikh faith.
—Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2026
Every failure of the state now stains the turban as well as the uniform.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turban
Noun
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Charlie Chaplin, an Englishman, did in fact wear a beret as an actor spoofing a pretentious director in his 1916 short Behind the Screen.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Then came John Travolta and his charming little berets.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 May 2026
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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Then there is Toby, the fictional, fez-donning cartoon cat that Baseman calls his alter ego.—
Iris Kwok
May 12,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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It was pared with a matching fez hat, oversized cuff bangles, and flat black sandles.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 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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That’s why Megna, who hadn’t played in a month, returned for Game 7 two or three weeks before he was projected to, a full face shield attached to his helmet.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
11 June 2026
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Walk through a gallery of bronze busts immortalizing the game's greatest players and learn about the evolution of the game from the days of leather helmets to modern gear.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Another promotional video for Rededicate 250 blends various Christian and American imagery — scenes of a cross laid on an American flag, a robed choir, people raising their hands in worship — along with a brief scene of a man praying while wearing a Jewish skullcap.—
Peter Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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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
Noun
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Truck traditionalists, however, will not settle for less than eight cylinders under the hood, Kuniskis said, and customers often tell him that a compact truck can't get them to their work site or reliably tow their boats or trailers.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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This Seattle kitchen goes from dark to light with a black hood, tile backsplash, and white cabinetry.—
Lauren Jones,
The Spruce,
6 June 2026
Noun
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So, there are [memes] of me as Doctor Manhattan with a chain and a dashiki and a kufi and, like, red laser eyes.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2026
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The man in the statue wears a kufi, a round, brimless cap common in the region.—
Kayla Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Nov. 2025
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“Turban.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turban. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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