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beret

[buh-rey] / bəˈreɪ /


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The same logic dictates the "forced march" the hopefuls must undergo -- the final exercise required to earn the paratrooper's beret.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Accepting the game of the year award, director Guillaume Broche - wearing a red beret and striped t-shirt - said the year had been a "weird timeline" for the studio as he thanked his team.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

A rendering of Mamdani’s election night victory speech features a pint-size Curtis Sliwa wearing a little red beret.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

Sliwa -- once a night manager of a McDonald's restaurant in New York -- made his name with the Guardian Angels subway patrol group, which still sees him routinely sport a red beret.

From Barron's Nov. 2, 2025

A young man in a beret and military fatigues knelt on one knee in the grass, holding a Russian assault rifle, watching us with mild interest.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

As well as financial reparations, veterans can also apply for restoration of rank, the return of berets and medals, and an "Etherton Ribbon" - a badge which recognises those who served under the ban.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

On both occasions, the now shaven-headed "Pulp Fiction" icon wore fetching French berets, a white one for his award and a black one for the premiere of his semi-autobiographical movie, "Propeller One-Way Night Coach".

From Barron's May 22, 2026

In 2015, many of the youth clubs merged into the Defense Ministry’s Youth Army with military-style uniforms and red berets.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

He waded through the crowd in a knot of security guys, several wearing the iconic red berets of Sliwa’s vigilante organization, the Guardian Angels.

From Slate Nov. 5, 2025

The other two, black T-shirts and black berets over Afros.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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