braid
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What follows the tarp is a lovely narrative braid.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 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
Those are the two pieces that braid together so nicely.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2026
"I call myself a braid baby because I've been braiding since I was 6 years old," she says, telling me how her family would bond over the skill as her mum proudly looks on.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025
Moving on to the other front section, Bat focused on making the second braid even better than the first.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
Dressed in svelte black athleisure with a close-cropped haircut, the 28-year-old Lacy was less flamboyant than he’d looked in recent years, when he sported long braids and sunglasses that covered half his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
"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
At the national level, the Safer Beauty Bill Package, introduced in Congress last year, contains provisions that would direct the Food and Drug Administration to regulate the safety of synthetic braids and hair extensions.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
Once Chantel returns home and finishes Sydney’s braids, T.J. sends the chef off with a tight embrace and the ultimate compliment.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2025
He took time with her braids, spreading them out on the asphalt with a couple going across her face and neck.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
The 24-year-old office worker found solace in "lompat karet" -- a game from infancy that involves jumping over a long rope made from braided elastic bands.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
When they exchange places, their trajectories become braided together through space and time.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026
Like many Jews, Wagner prepares for Shabbat by going to buy a challah, a braided bread, from a kosher bakery.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Today, she is a pop-culture icon whose indigenous fashion, famous unibrow and braided updos are as commercialized as her artistic output.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
I wished I’d braided it before I left home.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
“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
A hair braiding shop is more than a salon, it’s a community center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
The focal point of the installation, which hangs on a wall above the couch, is a large portrait of Chandler’s mother braiding her hair as she’s done since she was a little girl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
It was with my editor, Damian Rodriguez, a process of interweaving and braiding those three strands.
From Salon ● May 23, 2025
“I’ll just start braiding this fro and tell you random gossip until you’re ready to talk.”
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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