barrette
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Sharon Lane’s clothes were largely deteriorated, but she had jewelry, a red hair pick and a yellow barrette, and a Life Savers wrapper.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022
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
“This is so not cool,” I say to Tats, unclasping my bangs from a barrette halfheartedly holding them.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
In 2021, he told a veteran’s daughter, “I love those barrettes in your hair, man.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
“That’s a fancy baby,” a 4-year-old girl with colorful barrettes said as she walked by our stroller at a neighborhood park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
The nonbinary student, who sometimes wore barrettes and clips in their locks, was allowed back in class under an exemption the judge extended.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2021
A man I no longer know but who once snapped barrettes into my hair and taught me to love Bilbo Baggins, John Lennon, and acoustic guitar.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2021
She’s standing there looking terrified and holding on to her bag with her sweater and her extra clothes and her barrettes.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
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