bonnet
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Her teachers instantly recognized the pinafore dress and bonnet, but her fellow students didn’t know who she was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
On one trip, then 6-year-old Bridget won a Laura look-alike contest in a handmade pinafore and bonnet sewn by her grandmother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
But raise the slightly bent bonnet to look underneath, and it's a different story.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
He said he saw a "flash of flame" under the bonnet of Rhys Jenkins' Toyota, which then spun, ending up facing back the way it had come.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
My first instincts are to take the bonnet off and see my hair for myself, but I’m scared.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Her first observation: “The bonnets look too fancy for the Ingalls family.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
In Antigua, the shortage of Scotch bonnets has been felt by manufacturers including Homebrew Hot Sauce.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
The white women in bonnets still make appearances, but so do performers like Stephen Seals, who portrays James Armistead Lafayette, an enslaved Virginian turned revolutionary spy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Naoshi’s pieces usually center around a chic ingenue sporting food-focused fashion — think bonnets made of bonbons and boba tea skirts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
Galoshes and clear plastic rain bonnets have been bestsellers at Miss Mattie’s mercantile in Halleluia all month.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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