turban

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Recent Examples of turban And nobody wants to know you with a turban on your head. Andrew Goldman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024 Men in turbans stood next to college students wearing University of Wisconsin T-shirts. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024 Add flair with stylish hair clips, headbands, and turbans. Ebony Flake, Essence, 3 July 2024 Clad in a crocheted shawl and one of her famous turbans, carefully arranged to cover most of her dark curls, the former first lady met the camera’s gaze with a piercing yet inviting stare. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for turban 
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Noun
  • To channel either Elphaba or Glinda, pick between sultry dark green or sweet light pink beanies, berets, wide-brim hats, and headbands.
    Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Mindy should know exactly how to dress, but her mismatched whites are bugging me, and her pearl beret feels … off.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • But the same bees do buzz around her bonnet, over and over.
    Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Police say she was last seen wearing a hospital gown, a pink bonnet, orange jogging pants and rainbow Crocs sandals.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Atay was born in 1934, near the Black Sea port town of İnebolu—the city where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic, had donned a jaunty Panama hat to give a speech decrying the barbarism of the fez and other Ottoman fashions.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Louboutin, wearing a fez, brought Natasha Poonawalla in a face-framing Harris Reed creation.
    Miles Socha, WWD, 6 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Wearing a dodger sombrero in honor of Fernando‘s birthday today is Raymond Solorzano, of South Gate.
    Allen J. Schaben, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The curve that represents the energy required for different settings of the Higgs field was always known to resemble a sombrero with an upturned brim.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 22 July 2024
Noun
  • Fat-tire bikes are recommended, as well as helmets.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
  • He was also reportedly restrained, and given a spit hood—which prevents a person from being able to spit—as well as a helmet and leg wraps.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Previously, pilots were equipped with an EEG device, traditionally a skullcap with electrodes touching the scalp and wires leading to the computer.
    Dana Mackenzie, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • But there are some concerns with Fitzgerald under the hood, namely in his strikeout rate (31.7%) and below-average exit velocity (22nd percentile).
    Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Configuration Options: Build Your Perfect iMac The only crucial changes to the iMac from previous models are under the hood, with a new M4 processor available in two versions, one with eight CPU and eight GPU cores, and one with 10 of each.
    Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Turban.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turban. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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