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braid

[breyd] / breɪd /
NOUN
interwoven hair style
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Even if they started out reticent, the fathers became active participants, asking questions about creating a neat French braid, what to do about tangled ponytails and how to deal with frightened children, Lin said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

Poised on a colorful, carpeted platform in a gleaming leotard, with a hefty brown braid of hair falling over one shoulder, Folan would spend her program reaching, bending, breathing and twisting her limbs.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

“I’ll do a long twist of lemon, lime and either orange or grapefruit and braid them together, like you’re braiding hair,” Caporale says.

From Salon Jan. 18, 2026

Those are the two pieces that braid together so nicely.

From Slate Jan. 10, 2026

“Just a conjure trick. You can cast copies at a braid shop or beauty salon. Then Mama trained them. That way my hair is always neat.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

"When I've had my braids when I was younger, people would come up to me all the time and ask and I'd be writing the phone numbers down."

From BBC Apr. 1, 2026

As police searched for the Tesla, they relayed details over the radio: The suspect’s hair was in braids; she wore a cream-colored blouse; her car was dirty on the bottom.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 8, 2026

In New York, lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require manufacturers of synthetic braids and hair extensions to disclose all ingredients.

From Science Daily Feb. 19, 2026

The inhabitants have braids that function like USB cables that can be plugged into the nearest plant.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

The first two to Taeyoung and Taemin, fraternal twins, who looked exactly alike except that Taeyoung wore her hair in long braids and Taemin kept his head shaved due to the heat.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

They walk the streets pomaded, braided, wearing strangely arranged hairdos meant to call attention to themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The wider public discovered Monroe, sporting long braided hair, in a TV talent show dedicated to young classical music virtuosos.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

When they exchange places, their trajectories become braided together through space and time.

From Science Daily May 9, 2026

The teen is wearing black glasses and braided hair styled in a bun with blue highlights.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 2026

The person coming out of the trees was dressed in armor, her golden hair braided around the crown of her head.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

“I’ll do a long twist of lemon, lime and either orange or grapefruit and braid them together, like you’re braiding hair,” Caporale says.

From Salon Jan. 18, 2026

To prepare for their roles, the actors took three braiding workshops.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2025

A hair braiding shop is more than a salon, it’s a community center.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2025

There’s a kind of dialectic, dual track of braiding of hope and futility that runs all the way through the book.

From Salon May 28, 2025

Teresa and Marie sat on Carmen’s bed, braiding her hair over and over.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis




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