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white-hat

[hwahyt hat, wahyt] / ˈʰwaɪt ˈhæt, ˈwaɪt /


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When fans invaded the pitch after the Windies defeated Australia by 17 runs, Bird's famous white hat – specially made by a firm in Luton – was taken from his head.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

The spry 76-year-old with bushy gray hair growing horizontally off his head like a subdued Doc Brown is the white hat — the boss — on his crew.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2024

Not far away, Jackie Garlock, of nearby Clear Lake, was wearing a white hat indicating her status as one of Trump’s “caucus captains.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024

Mollie is telling Ernest that she sees him as a good guy, even if the movie has already violently upended the familiar dualism of the white hat vs. black.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2024

Next to Pop Pop, a small woman—half his size, covered in an oversized white hat, white blazer, Pop is back there flirting with her for the whole service.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles