waistband
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Murillo said he saw Carillo reach for his waistband as he ran.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 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
Participants wore waistband pedometers to track physical activity and underwent PET scans to measure amyloid-beta plaques and tau tangles in the brain.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025
Dr. Zinchenko consulted the very advanced smartphone clipped to the waistband of her bright red pantsuit.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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
As workers return to the office, Ministry of Supply is keeping those relaxed looks and sneaker cuts and has permanently eliminated zippers — all its pants have elastic waistbands or drawstrings.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 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
