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dreadlocks

[dred-loks] / ˈdrɛdˌlɒks /




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The judgment comes seven years after another High Court ruling recognised Rastafarianism as a protected religion in Kenya, finding that a school's decision to expel a student over her dreadlocks violated her constitutional rights.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

He had with him a copy of a federal appeals court opinion that said Rastafarian inmates had a protected religious right to wear dreadlocks.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

And the most obvious way to do that was to have Jones’ ample dreadlocks flowing behind him.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

The young programmer—sporting dreadlocks and a nose ring at the time—was one of Twitter’s co-founders and served as its CEO until 2008, when he was pushed out amid concerns he was distracted by his hobbies.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

I fell again, a short time later and in similar fashion, for another girl, tall with long flowing dreadlocks.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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