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Recent Examples of hard hat
In 2025, the hard hats come off and the pictures go back up.
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James Poniewozik, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Work is ongoing — a frenzy of hard hats, fluorescent-jacketed workmen and whirring machinery.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
Guadalupe River Park Conservancy Executive Director Jason Su, Garden City Construction CEO Jim Salata and even Commonwealth Club of California CEO Gloria Duffy donned hard hats and took their shots.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2024
Shep says that Craig isn’t in the warehouse with a hard hat on and that his business partner, Jerry, does all the work.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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James Poniewozik, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Work is ongoing — a frenzy of hard hats, fluorescent-jacketed workmen and whirring machinery.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
Guadalupe River Park Conservancy Executive Director Jason Su, Garden City Construction CEO Jim Salata and even Commonwealth Club of California CEO Gloria Duffy donned hard hats and took their shots.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2024
Shep says that Craig isn’t in the warehouse with a hard hat on and that his business partner, Jerry, does all the work.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard hat
Noun
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Going high hat just did not fit, and on Sept. 9, 1927, the Bernheimer flags came down.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2022
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It’s one of those ABBA songs that fools you with its mirror ball synths, a classic disco rhythm on the high hat and lush harmonizing.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
6 Nov. 2021
Noun
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Clockwise from top: A 1957 Balenciaga hat, Deirdre Hawken’s Cauliflower Headpiece from 2013, a layered silk hat from the 1940s, and a 1942 Germaine Vittu hat.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2024
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Yet, Halston does clock something of use from the experience: a young woman in the audience who, among the sweater sets, is wearing a colorful silk hat.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Vulture,
14 May 2021
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In a portrait that is emblematic of her art, Gottfried photographed a circus entertainer dressed in a top hat and white tie, accompanied by his two canine partners, also formally attired, the large Doberman pinscher in a white tie and a turban, the miniature pinscher with a frilly collar.—
Arthur Lubow,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Even worse, the tour in support of the album featured giant inflatable rabbits emerging from top hats.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
12 Feb. 2025
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Items will cover a wide range, including baseball caps, sweatshirts, skorts and duffel bags.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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The man, whose face is covered by a ski mask and who appears to be wearing a Make America Great Again red baseball cap, can be seen in the video ranting and raving outside Masjid Nur Al-Islam, at 21 Church Ave.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2025
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And blowing a whistle, a proletarian prophet in a red service cap.—
Ostap Kin,
The New York Review of Books,
23 Mar. 2022
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Thomas Redgate shows a smiling 24-year-old, a service cap crowning his head, a tan tie and shirt underneath his dress uniform.—
Denise Coffey,
USA TODAY,
16 Sep. 2021
Noun
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First-off, there might not be a Casey’s or Kwik Trip between the Twin Cities and New Ulm that carries a blaze orange stocking cap.—
Tribune News Service,
Orange County Register,
17 Oct. 2024
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Prisoners were given numbers instead of names, had a chain attached to one leg, and were dressed in smocks and stocking caps.—
Allison Futterman,
Discover Magazine,
6 Aug. 2024
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Its initial post was topped with what appears to be a new logo in the shape of a cowboy hat.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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Ozuna After making a surprise appearance as a guest at Chavarria’s 2024 New York Fashion Week Show, the singer upped his game this year and walked the runway wearing an oversize plaid button-down and a white cowboy hat.—
Cat Cardenas,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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One of the most popular traditional costumes was the bauta, which consisted of a full mask, a cape that covered the head and shoulders, and a tricorn or cocked hat.—
Elizabeth Djinis,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2024
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Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.—
William Finnegan,
The New Yorker,
15 May 2021
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“Hard hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard%20hat. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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