waistband
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The woman’s current boyfriend opened the door and saw the other man reach for his waistband before fleeing the scene shortly thereafter, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
The waistband was high enough to give crush his lungs, but that didn't stop him recreating the video's fluid, technically-challenging choreography on stage.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
And then, they show one agent removing Pretti’s licensed handgun—which he was carrying in compliance with state law—from his waistband.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
Until the glasses and waistband computer are turned on, the implant has no visual stimulus or signal to pass through to the brain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2025
She popped the elastic waistband on her dress.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
The cuffs and waistbands that form a snug seal around a baby’s legs and waist are called the gasketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
So we sink into the couch, plates on laps, clothed in pants with elastic waistbands.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
"Our widening waistbands are also placing significant burden on our health service," he said in an opinion piece for the Telegraph.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024
“Their breasts were tied to their waistbands, they had four or five babies wrapped around them and they had baskets on their head,” he recalled by phone in advance of his book’s launch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
They also wore special cotton waistbands under their clothes and made for each soldier by his wife or his mother or his sisters.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
