fedora
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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
Instead, Chantelle recommends choosing a wide-brimmed fedora or bucket hat to get full coverage.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Wearing a black hood over his fedora and sunglasses to complete his persona, he begins to boast about winning the NAW championship at the last show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 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
Not to mention the fact that she was wearing a red jacket, a fedora, a cane, and had a French chauffeur.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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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
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
On the L-shaped reception desk at the front are stacks of fedoras, a rack of suit pocket handkerchiefs and at least five pairs of shoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
The grandstands at the finish line slowly filled with people fanning themselves with their programs—men in fedoras and Panama hats, women in flat-brimmed hats perched on their heads at jaunty angles.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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