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fedora

[fi-dawr-uh, -dohr-uh] / fɪˈdɔr ə, -ˈdoʊr ə /


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This includes Dolan’s fronting of an embarrassing blues-rock band, often while sporting a fedora, and he inflicts his music on audiences by installing himself as the opener for acts like the Eagles.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

On Tuesday, he spoke from the dock to confirm his name and his latest not guilty pleas, while wearing a leopard print shirt with several buttons undone and holding a fedora hat.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

Kid Rock headlined in a furry white vest, cutoff shorts and a fedora, singing his late-1990s hit “Bawitdaba” to a modest crowd indoors.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

Stone wandered around, with a recorder hidden in his fedora, documenting and then disassembling all that, as well as what he recorded in his travels.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

Ba tugged the brim of his fedora lower on his forehead and stepped forward on the platform.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Among the artifacts on view are Chief Justice John Marshall’s spectacles, one of FDR’s fedoras, and a voting machine from Florida’s Palm Beach County used in the 2000 election.

From The Wall Street Journal May 10, 2026

And if your head is feeling naked, KJ Murphy’s promises a “premier custom hat experience” and choices that range from authentic cowboy hats to fedoras and trucker hats.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2025

That meant bringing a splash of West Side Story to the ceremony, with the singer dancing on rooftops and fire escapes with dancers dressed in 1950s-style fedoras.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2024

In the 12-episode season of “Alive and Well Enough,” the actor, musician and playwright explores his influences and opinions, offering thoughts on everything from fedoras to folk star Arlo Guthrie.

From Seattle Times Sep. 6, 2023

He was a quiet, soft-spoken man who wore old-timey clothes, fedoras, button-down wool coats, suspenders, and dressed neatly at all times, regardless of how dirty his work made him.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride




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