turban
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He wore a black turban, signifying direct descendance from the Prophet Muhammad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Amrit Kaur, a Sikh teacher who grew up in Quebec and who wears a turban, is one of the appellants in the case.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
Mojtaba Khamenei, a cleric who has a salt-and-pepper beard and the black turban of the "seyyed" -- descendants of the Prophet Mohammed -- is a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
In more public settings, other eyewitnesses said he obscures his face - covering his eyes with a scarf draped over his turban, and often standing at an angle when addressing an audience.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
A year after I started the column, I was in a small, overstaffed restaurant across the table from an aging, elegant woman in a silk turban who oversaw the International Best Dressed List.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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As galas go, Becket’s is a doozy, with guests sporting kippahs, turbans and zucchettos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
She’s in one of her signature turbans — this one has a third eye front and center — and holds a cane in the shape of a black cat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
The heavily armed jihadists, who dress in camouflage and wear vibrant turbans, have lived in camps in Tangaza, a remote area of Sokoto state near the border with Niger, for several years.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
“I want other Sikhs to know that their turbans, beards and other articles of faith don’t have to be an obstacle to any career, including one like mine,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
Instead of turbans they wore steel or silver caps, some of them set with jewels, and one with little wings on each side of it.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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