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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

"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

She never wore a kerchief, instead preferring to style her graying hair in a braid around the crown of her head.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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

Approaching audience members to explore their own feelings about their hair, she receives with surprised saucer eyes encouragement to embrace the braids she has.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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

It moved the stray curls coming undone from Glory’s braids, the curtains, and the leafy plants decorating the wide living area.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Yurok Tribe construction and fisheries crews pulled up roughly 20 acres of thick asphalt, restored the channel to a mile-long braided waterway and built wetlands and two ponds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

In Ancient Egypt, pharaohs and noblewomen wore embellished braided wigs to show power, and in the Middle Ages, women's long hair became associated with femininity and virtue.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026

They spiraled into coils and then braided themselves, forming the prettiest headband Aru had ever seen.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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

Like the Beetle, the dangerous bridge threads throughout “Murderland,” braiding the author’s personal story with those of her cast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

It was with my editor, Damian Rodriguez, a process of interweaving and braiding those three strands.

From Salon ● May 23, 2025

After Nessie finishes braiding my hair, my head throbbing because of her braiding skill, I finally ask the question that’s been plaguing me all week.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland