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sombrero
noun
som·bre·ro
səm-ˈbrer-(ˌ)ō 
säm-
plural sombreros
: an often high-crowned hat of felt or straw with a very wide brim worn especially in the Southwest and Mexico
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Quiroz recently began wearing a sombrero.
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Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
As the Latin American and Caribbean flags waved across the giant sea of fans, with several people wearing the quintessentially Colombian black-and-white cane-fiber hats known as sombreros vueltiaos, a little girl sat atop her parent’s shoulders screaming with joy.
—Vanessa Diaz, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026
With an Opening Day golden sombrero and an 0-for-7 start to the season, there was plenty of reason to be worried about Aaron Judge.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
That’s what lawmakers grappled with Monday when a local conservative provocateur came to testify on an immigration bill wearing brownface and a sombrero and speaking Spanish.
—Idaho Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
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Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
As the Latin American and Caribbean flags waved across the giant sea of fans, with several people wearing the quintessentially Colombian black-and-white cane-fiber hats known as sombreros vueltiaos, a little girl sat atop her parent’s shoulders screaming with joy.
—Vanessa Diaz, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026
With an Opening Day golden sombrero and an 0-for-7 start to the season, there was plenty of reason to be worried about Aaron Judge.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
That’s what lawmakers grappled with Monday when a local conservative provocateur came to testify on an immigration bill wearing brownface and a sombrero and speaking Spanish.
—Idaho Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Sombrero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sombrero. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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sombrero
noun
som·bre·ro
səm-ˈbre(ə)r-ō
säm-
plural sombreros
: a tall hat with a very wide brim worn especially in the Southwest and Mexico
Etymology
from Spanish sombrero "a wide-brimmed hat," from sombra "shade"
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