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
Until the glasses and waistband computer are turned on, the implant has no visual stimulus or signal to pass through to the brain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2025
The copy she slipped under the waistband of her jeans was old and dog-eared, the pages yellowed, with passages underlined in pencil.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
Among the new nonnegotiables: fleece vests instead of jackets and elastic waistbands instead of “hard pants,” i.e., anything with a zipper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
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
The Boston-based company started by graduates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology quickly reengineered the items, sticking in elastic waistbands and removing zippers.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2022
I’ve gotten so thin, I’ve had to take in the waistbands of all my panties and stuff the cups of my brassiere with handkerchiefs.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
