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dreadlocks

[dred-loks] / ˈdrɛdˌlɒks /




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She also wore a black durag over her trademark blonde hair, before removing it to show tight dreadlocks – the same style as Cameron.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

He described the third as a similarly sized Black man with dreadlocks but said he could not remember the man’s clothing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

The decision stemmed from a case where Louisiana prison guards forcibly shaved Rastafarian Damon Landor’s dreadlocks in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

In a statement to USA Today, Landor said his dreadlocks are "a part of me and part of who I am".

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

He was brown, like the boys, wore dark goggles cinched tight through a mane of coiled dreadlocks that whipped about as he got his bearings.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles


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