as in hood
a hard covering that is worn to protect your head
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Recent Examples of helmet
This lightweight synthetic jacket packs down to the size of a liter water bottle and weighs about ten ounces—even with a storm-bunker of a collar and hood (cut snug to fit beneath a helmet).
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Kelly Bastone, Outside, 10 Feb. 2026
In one photo, Trudeau, 54, captured a selfie of them wearing helmets and cheesing for the camera on a snowy mountaintop.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Heraskevych evidently can train in the helmet without risk of IOC sanctioning.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Along with the car show there will be music, food and vendors selling items ranging from cars, car parts and accessories to key chains and helmets.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
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Kelly Bastone, Outside, 10 Feb. 2026
In one photo, Trudeau, 54, captured a selfie of them wearing helmets and cheesing for the camera on a snowy mountaintop.
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Heraskevych evidently can train in the helmet without risk of IOC sanctioning.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
Along with the car show there will be music, food and vendors selling items ranging from cars, car parts and accessories to key chains and helmets.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helmet
Noun
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Some relied on layers and keeping hoods up, while others said their mindset made all the difference.—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The trench doubles as a raincoat and features a detachable hood to keep your hair safe and sound on drizzly days.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Police said the thief was wearing a skullcap and a black hooded sweat shirt.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
1 Feb. 2026
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The collection includes fabrics and objects that had served daily domestic functions and rare ritual ones: shrine covers and skullcaps, costumes and carpets.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The bonnet-and-cloak outfit was largely inspired by a can of Old Dutch cleaning solution.—
Will Croxton,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The company says its solution allows solar panels to be integrated directly into the hood, bonnet, and roof of a vehicle.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Singh, who would be our local guide, always wore the five traits of a pious Sikh man — uncut hair (symbolizing strength and holiness and topped by the identifying turban), a steel bracelet, wooden comb, sheathed dagger and a baggy undergarment dating back to the Sikhs’ warrior days on horses.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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With Khamenei’s regime, and his life, on the line, the resistance instinct must be warring with the survival instinct beneath that black turban.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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Kardashian paired her velvet set with sheer stockings, patent leather pumps, a beret, and cat-eye sunglasses.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
5 Feb. 2026
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But Bill Murray was in this velvet tuxedo with a burgundy beret on.—
Eric Ryan,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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The ornamentation found on the beaks and tops of heads of hornbills are a structure similar to the casque on the cassowary, a bird species found in New Guinea and Australia.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
13 Nov. 2025
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The iguanas are known for their distinctive casque (helmet-like crest) and long, thin limbs.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Guests are instructed to remove all garments with the exception of gloves, socks, underwear, a hat and face mask before heading into a -72°F room where for 20 seconds guests stand before entering a -167°F chamber for three minutes.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Gloves, a scarf, and a hat will keep you from losing your body heat.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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This deepfake video is the latest shared by the administration that has drawn criticism, after an artificial video of Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office (which never happened) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Also in the segment, Michael Che commented on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has overseen harsh immigration policies, celebrating her 54th birthday at a Mexican restaurant and at one point wearing a sombrero.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
7 Dec. 2025
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“Helmet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helmet. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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