hair
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A young man with bobbed hair and an ankle monitor emerged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Bobbie Jo Scully, 54, who owns a local coffee shop, drives a bus, teaches dance and styles hair to make ends meet, counts herself among the project’s supporters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Showing her aching vulnerability, it's about a bank clerk with flaming locks of auburn hair who flirted with her husband.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
After moving heavy boxes of metal tools and parts by hand between cargo pallets, he strolls over, steps into the box, sits down and smiles, running his fingers through his hair like in the shower.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
And since we were not-friends, I couldn’t ask for the secret to her hair sorcery and put an end to my suffering.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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George thought she had scattered his ashes at Bridlington Harbour, as per his wishes, and said the discovery had made "me feel sick and the hairs prickle on the back of my neck".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The new Fed chairman, Kevin Warsh, has said he isn’t interested in splitting hairs, adding that he prefers to focus on how the inflation rate looks “to the left of the decimal point.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
These hairs resemble the fine, short, light colored vellus hairs that cover much of the human body, commonly known as peach fuzz.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
The new findings identify the sensory pathway connecting these specialized hairs to the nervous system.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
He zeroed in on my scalp and pinched a group of hairs at the root, sliding mysterious debris to the end and setting off a ripple of chills from my shoulders to my face.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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