vest

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Every year, the gnome’s outfit changes, with this edition featuring the gnome in a blue vest holding an umbrella that opens and closes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

They wear a combat vest which contains a radio/GPS-coded beacon to transmit their position, while they also carry water, food, first-aid material and a pistol in order to survive.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

“They are keeping it close to the vest what they are buying,” Buchta said, adding that Freddie and Fannie aren’t going to come in and purchase $200 billion all at once.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

At seven o'clock on a Monday morning, a village paperboy is busily doing his rounds, his high-vis vest and yellow bag standing out against a grey blanket of fog.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

I smile at my uncle, glad to see him out of the house in a freshly pressed shalwar kameez and vest with a topi pressing down his gray hair.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan