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braid

[breyd] / breɪd /
NOUN
interwoven hair style
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Those are the two pieces that braid together so nicely.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

Stores sell collectible figures titled “Influencer Trespassing on Private Road”: a woman with a long braid under a wide-brimmed hat, smartphone in hand, in front of a leafy landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

"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

Her hair matches this with a long wavy, dense wig that gets interchanged with her game-day hair, a long, single, tight braid, which Gattabrusi called a "powerful hairdo."

From Salon • May 7, 2024

As Juanita used her fingers to scrape back Pita’s hair and resecure its braid, I thought about where our father might be now.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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