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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

The discovery led to an hours-long standoff between police and a suspect found inside the home who was detained while wearing a dark suit, tie, sunglasses and fedora.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 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

Smith appeared and glared back at them from under the gray fedora.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Instead of fedoras and pillboxes, hair became increasingly emphasized—and longer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 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

The first seeds of paranoia arrived when the distinctive fedoras of Hoover’s FBI agents began appearing in droves as Los Alamos opened its badge-issuing office in 1943.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2023

The subjects of his paintings swing rackets in tennis whites, slow dance in full skirts, play the horn in fedoras.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

But I looked through the window and watched the man make those fedoras.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson




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