braid
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The idea is to have expert hairstylists train uninitiated or intimidated fathers on how to comb and braid their kids’ hair, using salon-type head mannequins but in a setting for bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
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
“On Rumi, the big purple braid was designed nine years ago when the character was first designed for a different project that my husband was creating,” said Kang.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
I dry my hair with a towel before twisting it into a braid.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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"When I've had my braids when I was younger, people would come up to me all the time and ask and I'd be writing the phone numbers down."
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
At the national level, the Safer Beauty Bill Package, introduced in Congress last year, contains provisions that would direct the Food and Drug Administration to regulate the safety of synthetic braids and hair extensions.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
Once Chantel returns home and finishes Sydney’s braids, T.J. sends the chef off with a tight embrace and the ultimate compliment.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2025
The “KPop” section was empty except for a few purple Rumi braids and a Huntr/x bucket hat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
The pixies petted her braids and whispered, “We sorry.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Prof Ramesh says a CME occurs when these twisting, looping lines - which resemble braided hair - rupture, throwing out massive clouds of magnetised plasma and gas in space.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
They walk the streets pomaded, braided, wearing strangely arranged hairdos meant to call attention to themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The 24-year-old office worker found solace in "lompat karet" -- a game from infancy that involves jumping over a long rope made from braided elastic bands.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
When they exchange places, their trajectories become braided together through space and time.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026
The beard was braided with seashells and bones.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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With a few snips of her scissors, a plain whiteboard rag transforms into three strips of cloth perfect for braiding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Deep in a braiding craze, the children can’t resist braiding everything in sight: hair, shoelaces, even the tails of the classroom’s toy ponies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I’ll do a long twist of lemon, lime and either orange or grapefruit and braid them together, like you’re braiding hair,” Caporale says.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026
Like the Beetle, the dangerous bridge threads throughout “Murderland,” braiding the author’s personal story with those of her cast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
She sat on the ground braiding and unbraiding her hair, biting her lip with a scowl.
From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani
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