bonnet
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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
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
The bonnet of the car was left with two scratches that he estimated would cost up to £300 to get fixed professionally.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
A confluence of extreme weather, disease and pests is making core ingredient Scotch bonnet peppers particularly hard to source, manufacturers tell the BBC.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
I was watching Aunt Kitty stitch brown and blue pheasant feathers to an otherwise respectable black-velvet bonnet.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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Plenty of bees, plenty of bonnets — though, thankfully for the women, no overlap between the two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Papatsanis used ultrviolet light to illuminate mushrooms known as "beautiful bonnets" growing from a decaying log on the lower slopes of Mount Olympus in Greece.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 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
I decided I would show Aunt Kitty my Godey’s Lady’s Book magazine when she returned, so she could see the latest fashion in bonnets.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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