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braid

[breyd] / breɪd /
NOUN
interwoven hair style
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Poised on a colorful, carpeted platform in a gleaming leotard, with a hefty brown braid of hair falling over one shoulder, Folan would spend her program reaching, bending, breathing and twisting her limbs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Those are the two pieces that braid together so nicely.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

"I call myself a braid baby because I've been braiding since I was 6 years old," she says, telling me how her family would bond over the skill as her mum proudly looks on.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

The screenwriter John Pollono emerged out of L.A.’s 99-seat theater scene and knows how to braid comedy, tension and thematics.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

She spat out the rubber band and bound up the bottom of Pita’s braid.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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