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bonnet

[bon-it] / ˈbɒn ɪt /


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AI company “has finally let investors look under the bonnet… the engine is as powerful as the hype suggested,” Gilbert says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Hoskins, who was also an Olympic cyclist, jumped onto the bonnet of the car and later held onto the car door as Dennis continued to drive.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

On one trip, then 6-year-old Bridget won a Laura look-alike contest in a handmade pinafore and bonnet sewn by her grandmother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

That included supplying Scotch bonnet seeds to 650 growers.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

A dress for Mama, shoes for me, and a bonnet for baby Helena.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Plenty of bees, plenty of bonnets — though, thankfully for the women, no overlap between the two.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Dance routines with two dancers dressed in red tartan kilts and bonnets accompanied the music.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Her first observation: “The bonnets look too fancy for the Ingalls family.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The temperamental little, yellow fruit with its susceptibility to heavy rain and viruses can be tough to grow, while devastating hurricanes in Jamaica, a prime producer of Scotch bonnets, delivered a further blow.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

He fled at once, and the minute it was well, “Up with the bonnets of bonnie Dundee,” she slipped away to return no more till the young gentleman departed in high dudgeon.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott


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