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[hat] / hæt /


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Whang wore a cheetah print blazer, and Doyle wore a wide-brimmed black hat — they both had on gold and red eye makeup.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

A quick scroll through TikTok reveals numerous accounts, many of them created in the past few weeks, sharing photos and videos of an elusive black-and-white feline wearing the famous, towering, crooked red-and-white striped hat.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Often duded up in a cowboy hat and suspenders, Eatherly had a knack for marketing and proved to be an exceptional conman.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

In a clip on his personal TikTok, Burnham, thanks to clever editing, appears to toss up a mortarboard hat and catch a builder's helmet, as he promotes technical education.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Aunt Maud on her far side had a black veil pulled over her hat, and it made her look like a spider in its web.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Some removed their hats and bowed their heads and took a brief moment of silence to remember their colleagues.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

When someone wears several hats, it can be surprisingly difficult to know which hat applies, and when.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Its candidates wear things like suits printed with playing cards and steampunk-inflected top hats.

From Slate Aug. 12, 2026

He licensed the shirts and hats as official band merch.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

I try to force hats onto Nash and Oliver, but they resist my efforts and run straight for the frogs.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

“My absolute favorite is Ca Com, the banh mi shop from the Anchovy team. They break down whole pigs in their hatted kitchen next door to make the jungle sausage in my favorite order.”

From Salon Apr. 24, 2025

I wish we had a better shot of the gloriously hatted cast of “The Gilded Age,” but one must play the hand one is dealt.

From Seattle Times Nov. 5, 2023

Otherwise he doesn't remember much, "except that she was small, pleated skirt, hatted, didn't say much".

From BBC Sep. 9, 2022

To honor Shaffer’s continued volunteer efforts, staff at the hospital decided to create a photo album for her, filled with images of hatted infants.

From Washington Post Jul. 2, 2021

She stood in the door of Jean Louise’s room enarmored, hatted, gloved, perfumed, and ready.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

And all the 35 EA-6B flyers interviewed said they had never heard of anyone flying too low, too fast or doing improper stunts--what Marine pilots call "flat hatting."

From Time Magazine Archive

Officials also point out that another EA-6B squadron in Italy last year apparently videotaped some of its own flat hatting.

From Time Magazine Archive

Who's looked death in the face many a time without hatting an eye.

From Time Magazine Archive

He gave up hatting and she abandoned vests.

From Fifth Avenue by Arthur Bartlett Maurice

He said a friend of his there, who carried on the hatting business, wanted a boy.

From Lizzy Glenn or, The Trials of a Seamstress by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur




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