hard hat

Example Sentences

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When opportunity shows up as a hard hat or a pair of overalls, we put them on and get to work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Wahl said a bullet may have deflected off the landscaper's hard hat, although this had yet to be confirmed.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

There he is in a hard hat in the bowels of the Federal Reserve building, questioning Jerome Powell over the cost of the renovation.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025

He wore a hard hat as he led a group to the gaping, horseshoe-shaped mouth of the tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025

He walked off to his lean-to and removed his vest and hard hat.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George