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
An escaped snake has been rescued after it was spotted on top of a car bonnet in Scarborough.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
It is difficult to see under the bonnet of Celtic's recruitment operation.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
A standard feature is the halo, a clearly defined sphere that sits like a buttered bonnet on the head of the saint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
A deep-rimmed brown bonnet with a cluster of lavender velvet roses proclaimed in every line the personage who had picked it out.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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
Meanwhile, one end of the observation car had been filled by several women in white bonnets, joined by men with straw hats, footlong beards and no mustaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
Watching Carrie write this novel, click-clacking away at her keyboard, pondering bonnets and buggies, is equivalent to watching a loved one descend into madness.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025
“Let us,” Lincoln declared, “make it as unfashionable to withhold our names from the temperance pledge as for husbands to wear their wives’ bonnets to church.”
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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