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braid

[breyd] / breɪd /
NOUN
interwoven hair style
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Those are the two pieces that braid together so nicely.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

Stores sell collectible figures titled “Influencer Trespassing on Private Road”: a woman with a long braid under a wide-brimmed hat, smartphone in hand, in front of a leafy landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

"I call myself a braid baby because I've been braiding since I was 6 years old," she says, telling me how her family would bond over the skill as her mum proudly looks on.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

Now he is raising a 4-year-old daughter with the help of Barnica’s younger brother; every weekend, they take her to see her grandmother, who knows how to braid her hair in pigtails.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024

She sat across from me in her white nightgown, her hair in a long silver braid, the way she always wore it to sleep.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish




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