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Recent Examples of shako
Sutton Foster crochets Hugh Jackman a marching-band shako for the occasion.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Tip o the shako to Heather Curtis.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2012
In black-and-white school photos from the early ’60s, Trump can be seen in boots, sash and a plumed shako, like some Austro-Hungarian infantryman.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Tip o the shako to Heather Curtis.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2012
In black-and-white school photos from the early ’60s, Trump can be seen in boots, sash and a plumed shako, like some Austro-Hungarian infantryman.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shako
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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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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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De Gaulle returned to Paris, walked the Champs-Élysées in his stiff kepi.—
Alexander Sammon,
Harper's Magazine,
25 June 2022
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Top fashion points go to the German racewalkers, who appeared to be paying homage to the famous white kepi of the French Foreign Legion.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
10 Mar. 2021
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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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But underneath his helmet and now a headset, Vrabel is who he’s always been: a winner.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2025
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The Bucs receiver responded by hitting Lattimore hard enough to separate him from his helmet.—
Rick Stroud,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2025
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The body is entirely made of carbon fiber, and sports eccentric elements like a bonnet with air vents, a front splitter that resembles a sharp katana, and quirky wheel arches.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Jan. 2025
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Reduce damage-causing friction at night by pulling hair into a loose ponytail on top of the head and/or using satin or silk bonnets or pillowcases.11 Your Diet Can Also Boost Hair Health Like the rest of your body, eating a variety of nutritious food helps support hair health.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
4 Jan. 2025
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The conical pile of locks were inspired by the silhouette of fez and pillbox hats beloved by Jackie Onassis and fixed into place using a mixture of pins and copious hairspray.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
13 Dec. 2024
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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
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Big blue sombrero Monday, November 25, 2024: The James Webb Space Telescope's brand-new image of the Sombrero Galaxy casts this city of stars in a new light — mid-infrared light, to be precise — and reveals clumps of dust in a mottled outer ring.—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
1 Jan. 2025
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By the 1990s, the chain boasted over 200 locations, serving up chimichangas and celebratory sombreros to families across parts of America.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
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“Shako.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shako. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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