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Mr. Schrade spent 10 days in a hospital, speaking to reporters from his bed with his head in a turban-like wrap.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022

She wore a turban-like headpiece, made of dozens of fabric strips and squares in many patterns, wrapped, knotted and stitched.

From New York Times • May 7, 2021

I may mention, as strong characteristics, the flattened crown, encircled by a narrow turban-like band, the rather angular face and prominent nose, and the formal pose of the arms and hands.

From Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 by Holmes, William Henry

She wore a kerchief and a turban-like head covering.

From A Son of the Hills by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)

Altogether, with his yellow turban-like hair, his Herculean black frame, his glittering eyes, and white teeth, he seemed the most terrible monster I ever beheld.

From The Coral Island by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)