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Still, the young man (dubbed the Turban Cowboy in Manhattan, where he lives a boldfaced party boy life) was nowhere to be found.
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He began with addressing a poem to her ladyship, called The Turban, which her silly mother extolled with eagerness, and seemed to think by no means inferior to the Rape of the Lock.
Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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Back to the Bottom 3: Seabiscuit says Tim Urban is safe, having already given up on his idea to get everyone to call Tim Urban "Turban" which he proposed Tuesday night.
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That may be circumstantial, but NPR's Will Evans talks to Ms. Adkins and manages to tie her to (as his article's headline suggests) Strange Bedfellows Behind Anti-Obama 'Turban' Ad. According to Mr. Evans, Ms. Adkins, a hypnotherapist and nurse from Reston, Virginia, managed to produce an incendiary anti-Obama ad (funded in part by a felon who actually never paid for the production) under an organization called "The Coalition Against Anti-Christian Rhetoric."
Encyclopedia Google and The Case of The Anti-Obama Hypnotherapist 2008
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Her head was covered with a kind of Turban, ornamented with vine leaves and wild flowers.
The Monk 2004
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Her head was covered with a kind of Turban, ornamented with vine leaves and wild flowers.
The Monk; a romance 1796
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Tim Urban ( "I Can't Help Falling in Love"): So, we're calling him "Turban," now,
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'Turban' Durbin, and all the other sleazy Obama associates.
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Our own Sen. Bob Casey and Illinois Sen. Dick "Turban" Durbin are saying good things about Bush's surge.
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There are several playing-card-size copper plates etched by Rembrandt, but the Rembrandt to remember is slightly larger, a chiaroscuro "Bust of an Old Man with a Turban" circa 1627–28, softly lit from the side, his eyes lost in thought.
Dutch Masters Delight in Paris Judy Fayard 2011
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