waistband
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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
Participants wore waistband pedometers to track physical activity and underwent PET scans to measure amyloid-beta plaques and tau tangles in the brain.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025
According to a Granbury police report, an off-duty officer spotted a black pistol in a holster in Cliff Criswell’s waistband and alerted school and city police.
From Salon ● May 15, 2024
My waistband tightens to the point where I feel like I’m gonna bust a button on my pants.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
The cuffs and waistbands that form a snug seal around a baby’s legs and waist are called the gasketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
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
Elasticized waistbands, knee-high socks and garters, painted a picture of comfortable chic.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
They had a special name for those cotton waistbands: sennimbari.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
