turtleneck
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In the olden days, when George Steinbrenner was rattling around in a turtleneck, it would have been different.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
While Jobs favored theatrical flair and his iconic black turtleneck, Cook keeps more of an everyman profile.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
I dismiss texts from two friends as I watch, admiring her aquarium-blue turtleneck.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
He quickly left Memphis for Chicago after the assassination and arranged various television appearances still wearing a turtleneck allegedly stained with King’s blood.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2026
I wear basic Dumpster togs— smelly gray turtleneck and jeans.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
His sweaters and dark turtlenecks added to his reputation as a reclusive oracle of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Initially, Joyce’s mock turtlenecks and hairspray-stiff wigs, combined with the featherlight, Zelda Rubenstein-esque voice Wever is putting on, seem like another car crashing into a pile-up.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
We hear that as an aspiring actress, Meghan - who went on to star in Suits - used to get so nervous from auditions she would get blotchy and have to wear turtlenecks.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
Oshie of the Washington Capitals experimenting with protective turtlenecks he had designed by a company he owns — and ordering some for his teammates — is a start in that direction.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
A few people had gotten it right, in black turtlenecks and thrifted finds that cut a convincing impression of what people were wearing the night she decided that actually beatniks were the Worst.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
