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Recent Examples of fez
Just as thoughtful and painstaking is the service: upon arrival, our bags were whisked away by porters in delightful red cloaks and matching fez caps, and we were led up to a leafy seating area overlooking the city to complete our check-in over Moroccan mint tea.
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 5 July 2024
But as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry hints in The Little Prince, fault also lay with the Europeans, whose prejudices led them to see these reforms as necessary and, say, to take Turks in top hats more seriously than Turks in fezzes.
—Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2015
Dart turned up wearing a banya hat—like a pointy fez that keeps your brain from boiling.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
His imagery can occasionally seem reductive: pretzels and beers in Munich; magic carpets, aliens wearing fezzes, and a genie in a bottle in Rabat.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 5 July 2024
But as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry hints in The Little Prince, fault also lay with the Europeans, whose prejudices led them to see these reforms as necessary and, say, to take Turks in top hats more seriously than Turks in fezzes.
—Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2015
Dart turned up wearing a banya hat—like a pointy fez that keeps your brain from boiling.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
His imagery can occasionally seem reductive: pretzels and beers in Munich; magic carpets, aliens wearing fezzes, and a genie in a bottle in Rabat.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fez
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But whereas conspicuous religious symbols of all faiths (including Jewish yarmulkes, Sikh turbans, or large crosses) are banned in all French public schools, in Belgium, rules are defined at the local level.Olivier Decottignies, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2016
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Rather than sweeping robes and turbans, Scherzinger spends most of the play barefoot, wearing a simple black slip.Barbara Schuler, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024
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The name comes from the distinctive head gear used, which are of course, green berets.Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
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Tara Lipinski's Daughter Georgie Is 'Reunited' with Mom's Skating Partner Johnny Weir: 'Just the Cutest' On the stroll around the streets of Paris, Georgia exchanged her baby pink beret for a baby pink hair bow headband.Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
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Ball caps, Stetsons and sombreros, baby strollers, toasters and Crock-Pots, lucha libre masks, belts and shoes burst from open storefronts and vendors’ sidewalk card tables.Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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For many, the brand represents family dinners, sizzling fajitas, and birthday celebrations under oversized sombreros—a specific slice of the past that’s hard to replicate.Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Couldn’t imagine the owner of San Francisco Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star restaurant Atelier Crenn and one of the most respected toques in the world doing anything less, right?DeMarco Williams, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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Stan Michalski is the top toque in the Victorian house kitchen.Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
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The model naps on a couch while clad in a skullcap and undershirt, scratching his back as his trousers fall below his waist.M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
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Chicago police said Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, is accused of shooting an unidentified 39-year-old man who was wearing a kippah, the Jewish skullcap, on Saturday, the Jewish sabbath, in the city's Rogers Park district.Patrick Smith, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Perego stood on the other side of her, wearing a gray fedora and striped shirt with a leather jacket, placing a hand on the couple's other twin.Hannah Sacks, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Remember that fedora former Blues coach Ken Hitchcock wore behind the bench at the 2017 Winter Classic?The Athletic NHL Staff, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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The look has become synonymous with the girl group and continues to be recreated today, even as a Halloween costume. 02 Queen Latifah in 1990 Queen Latifah embraced her heritage from the beginning of her career, proudly donning a colorful kufi and a matching outfit with statement gold earrings.Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
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Polite conversation soon turns edgy after Akbar explains his kufi was personally given to him by Louis Farrakhan — something that doesn’t sit well with Shelley (her comedic slow-burn anger is one of the things Louis-Dreyfus can play better than most actresses).Rene Rodriguez, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
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Many delegations treat the convention like senior week and wear matching outfits—Hawaii’s were obviously the best, but the Wisconsin delegates had their traditional postmodern tricornes shaped like cheese.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Johnson made this conversation explicit by name-checking or picturing Evans, Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, and Richard Avedon—the latter pops up here in a picture on a book cover, which Johnson has topped with a pirate’s tricorne hat.Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
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“Fez.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fez. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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