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He followed up with the cat meme: a six-second clip that showed a hand adjusting a necktie on a fluffy gray cat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Models Bella Hadid and Loli Bahia have also sported them with boyish style, adopting a long-standing tradition of wearing the necktie as a subversive projection of women's equal rights.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
Lynch’s double-breasted jacket and necktie almost don’t look like formalwear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
They reinstated him in 1951, but his unique look - baggy plus-fours, white silk shirts and a necktie - wasn't seen so much in the US after that.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024
Dad’s sport coat is gone, his necktie has been tossed aside, and his crisp white sleeves are now rolled up to his elbows.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
The prime minister also urged to use air conditioners less and wear short-sleeved shirts without neckties to the office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
It’s a return to form for the real estate mogul who slapped his name on everything from hotels to neckties to steaks; in his beginning is his end, you might say, with apologies to T.S.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
A video of the spectacle shows girls and boys with red neckties, singing, while explosions flare on a screen behind them.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025
Out go the neckties and starched shirts; in come short-sleeved polos and linen shirts, even the occasional Hawaiian.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2023
The brothers begin distributing them among the congregants like so many neckties.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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