waistband
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The woman’s current boyfriend opened the door and saw the other man reach for his waistband before fleeing the scene shortly thereafter, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 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
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
I longed to have a bite of my bread, but it was tucked into the waistband of my pants behind my back, and I couldn’t reach it and carry the boy at the same time.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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
A subsequent group wore fanciful combinations of prints and plaids, with bustles at the back and tight patterned waistbands.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 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
