barrette
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A blue velvet box bearing a label "bracelets of Queen Marie Antoinette" holds the double bracelets, each composed of three strings of diamonds and a large barrette clasp, for a total of 112 diamonds.
From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2021
Hair was wound into a tight bun or frizzed-out, perhaps accented by golden heart barrette, lightly folded like butterfly wings.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
Before she left the United States to compete in the Olympics, Athing Mu spied a hair barrette in a department store.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
Her uncut hair falls to her shoulders, clipped back with a child’s barrette.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2021
She unclipped the barrette and held it out to me, over the table.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The installation will consist of three 9-foot-tall paper sculptures in the shape of vintage church fans adorned with ball barrettes.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
A trans dad holding his daughter as she excitedly claps to music with a head full of colorful barrettes twinkling under the sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
Funky hair clips and barrettes that could have lined the walls of Claire’s stores 20 years ago have also resurfaced.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2021
They wear neutral, off-the-rack Banana Republic dresses, while Jane spends most of the movie sporting bright knits, chunky barrettes and florals that pop.
From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2020
But that day in court, I was wearing a very girly dress in my favorite color, blue, with my hair done up in two braids held by matching plastic barrettes.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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