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Covered in tattoos, with his hair in a long white braid, the 35-year-old Australian DJ and former boy-band member looks more like an all-night raver than a children’s host.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

They dress up, braid their hair in a special way and are free to dance and play together outside, something which is traditionally frowned upon at other times of the year.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The idea is to have expert hairstylists train uninitiated or intimidated fathers on how to comb and braid their kids’ hair, using salon-type head mannequins but in a setting for bros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 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

The tiny white flowers were fun to braid into crowns to put on the goats’ heads.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

In the local hair salon, sporting a mane of thick pink braids, is Providence Maseko.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Ms. Luiselli often braids together fact, fiction, photographs, literary references and even recorded “soundscapes” to tell stories about vulnerable people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

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

Before her parents had left for home, Mama had lifted her braids and held up a hand-mirror.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Another young migrant, 18-year-old Matar Top, who has braided hair, arrived from Senegal three years ago with similar hopes of sending money home.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 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

During a strike, she said, she would carefully explain to her daughter — a 7-year-old with long, braided hair and a Labubu plush toy swinging from her red backpack — what the teachers were demanding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 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

With her braided hair and inquisitive gaze, Hanna reminded me so much of my sisters that it almost hurt.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Deep in a braiding craze, the children can’t resist braiding everything in sight: hair, shoelaces, even the tails of the classroom’s toy ponies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

With a few snips of her scissors, a plain whiteboard rag transforms into three strips of cloth perfect for braiding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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

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

I don’t get to stare out into the daytime Detroit streets as I finish braiding Pri’s hair.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi