beret
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Indeed he was, as evident by the jaunty white beret he’d worn for the occasion, which quickly went viral on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Cannes had kept the award under wraps until the actor walked on stage for the premiere wearing a black suit and a white beret.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Karl wears the maroon beret and "wings" of the Parachute Regiment.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
A rendering of Mamdani’s election night victory speech features a pint-size Curtis Sliwa wearing a little red beret.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
He had stopped a man wearing a beret and asked for a cigarette, but the man had threatened to have him arrested.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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On both occasions, the now shaven-headed "Pulp Fiction" icon wore fetching French berets, a white one for his award and a black one for the premiere of his semi-autobiographical movie, "Propeller One-Way Night Coach".
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
In 2015, many of the youth clubs merged into the Defense Ministry’s Youth Army with military-style uniforms and red berets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
He waded through the crowd in a knot of security guys, several wearing the iconic red berets of Sliwa’s vigilante organization, the Guardian Angels.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2025
Other measures already completed include pardons for criminal convictions, a special LGBT+ veterans ribbon for those affected by the ban and the return of medals and berets.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
Their work boots and crew cuts said military to her, but they had no familiar identifying markers — no berets, no camouflage or flag emblems.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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