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Recent Examples of hard hat
Work is ongoing — a frenzy of hard hats, fluorescent-jacketed workmen and whirring machinery.
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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
Wear protective equipment, including a hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, boots, and warm clothing.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2024
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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
Wear protective equipment, including a hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, boots, and warm clothing.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for hard hat
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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The ceremony was held in a five-foot hot tub, with the bride wearing a bikini and the groom attired in swimming trunks and top hat.—
Alan Taylor,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2025
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Po hosted the event, dressed in a top hat and tux, which started in Washington Square Park, but was then forced to move by police to a nearby park (with one attendee arrested) as the number of attendees surged.—
Caitlin Huston,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Oct. 2024
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The Foo Fighters frontman also kept his outfit casual, donning sneakers, a baseball cap, and a duffle bag on his shoulder.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Other dancers sported simple ensembles of baggy light-wash denim, white tees, and baseball caps—signature East L.A. style.—
Alexandra Polk,
refinery29.com,
10 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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The city names were displayed in a retro poster underneath the headline ‘Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour’ in block letters with a couple of black-and-white images of the musician holding a banjo and rocking a cowboy hat while giving a wave.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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He's got on a big white cowboy hat, and his initials loom large over the band, the two Cs sideways horseshoes, studded with lights.—
Christopher Intagliata,
NPR,
29 Jan. 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 21 Feb. 2025.
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