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Recent Examples of homburg
Optimo stocks a variety of styles, including homburgs, porkpies, straw Panamas, and fedoras, the last of which is seen here.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
At center is a war veteran, whose low-slung homburg casts a shadow over his heavy eyes: a dark band that contrasts with the white gauze wrapping his absent nose.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Now, this place was literally brimming with hats: fedoras, homburgs, pork pies, Panamas, stingy brims, newsboys, boaters.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
Men dressed in waistcoats, blazers, and homburg and bowler hats smoked their pipes and fidgeted with their mustaches.
—Longreads, 4 May 2023
One focused on his leopard-skin loafers, another on his silk homburg.
—Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2019
Wrapping himself in his big winter overcoat and donning his homburg hat, the Munich Post editor walked to the streetcar station.
—Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2019
Once Jimmie’s dad doffs his homburg and takes a seat, be prepared for some serious head-scratching.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
Eisenhower wore a Henry the Hatter homburg to his inauguration in 1956.
—Robert Allen, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2017
Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
At center is a war veteran, whose low-slung homburg casts a shadow over his heavy eyes: a dark band that contrasts with the white gauze wrapping his absent nose.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
Now, this place was literally brimming with hats: fedoras, homburgs, pork pies, Panamas, stingy brims, newsboys, boaters.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
Men dressed in waistcoats, blazers, and homburg and bowler hats smoked their pipes and fidgeted with their mustaches.
—Longreads, 4 May 2023
One focused on his leopard-skin loafers, another on his silk homburg.
—Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2019
Wrapping himself in his big winter overcoat and donning his homburg hat, the Munich Post editor walked to the streetcar station.
—Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2019
Once Jimmie’s dad doffs his homburg and takes a seat, be prepared for some serious head-scratching.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
Eisenhower wore a Henry the Hatter homburg to his inauguration in 1956.
—Robert Allen, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homburg
Noun
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Cage stylishly embodies the synthesis of the two modes in the shot by donning the instantly recognizable spidey suit under the classic uniform of a noir protagonist: a trench coat and fedora tipped low.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
13 May 2025
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Under an oversized, creamy fedora is a extra-long, low bubble ponytail, each section bursting with gorgeous, curly texture.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Hurts wore a black velvet embellished with gemstones along his shoulders, and accessorized his look with a black beret and jewelry by Tiffany & Co. and Breitling.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Though the actor, sporting with a beret and long hair at the premiere, was nowhere to be seen at THR‘s afterparty.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2025
Noun
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In the new production of Sunset, everyone is dressed in black and white, including Scherzinger, who wears a black slip dress instead of Norma’s trademark turban.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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There’s a passenger with a bright-green buzz cut (in sharp contrast with that same orange), one with a platinum wig, a baby-blue turban, a sparkly hijab, a graduation cap, a fez, very big headphones.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
Noun
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At the Fiesta Plaza neighborhood, the world's largest sombrero will adorn the Tipsy Sombrero Bar.—
Natalia Senanayake,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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Unfortunately, Miguel’s sombrero casts a shadow on his face.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
13 May 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now the first American Pope, is seen here receiving his biretta from Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sept. 30, 2023.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 May 2025
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Instead of the usual thousands, only 10 guests per cardinal were allowed in St. Peter's Basilica as the pope gave the men their ring and traditional red hat, known as a biretta.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
28 Nov. 2020
Noun
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There’s a passenger with a bright-green buzz cut (in sharp contrast with that same orange), one with a platinum wig, a baby-blue turban, a sparkly hijab, a graduation cap, a fez, very big headphones.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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Read in English Post Buy Copies Nos últimos anos, a IA fez avanços significativos ao imitar a empatia humana.—
Jacqueline Carter,
Harvard Business Review,
18 Feb. 2025
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At Sandals’ Jerk Shacks, chefs stay true to that tradition by marinating chicken, pork, and fish in a fiery mix of Scotch bonnet peppers, thyme, and allspice, then grilling it over pimento wood.—
Sandals Resorts,
AFAR Media,
2 June 2025
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If anything, the look is straight out of Strawberry Shortcake’s pink and red pillowy bonnet from the 1980s, when Muriel Fahrion first created the look for American Greetings.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
29 May 2025
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“Homburg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homburg. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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