suspender
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The Oscars ceremony included a performance of the song, with its rapid-kick choreography and roguish suspender snapping.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2023
The suspender bit was an on-the-spot innovation by the choreographer.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
Badu wore a black silk duchess gown with white satin buttons, sportcoat and suspender skirt.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2021
He pops open the flip phone stored in the shirt pocket between his suspender straps and calls the number for a voicemail set up specifically for this purpose.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2015
His costume was high-topped shoes and old-time britches held up by one suspender.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
Its Intel profits alone would make Gordon Gekko hang up his suspenders.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Presiding over the festivities was Frank Seddio, the club’s 79-year-old chairman, who was wearing suspenders and a monogrammed dress shirt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
A family of boys in suspenders appears; behind them are sandbags displaying paper targets with human outlines.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
“Trump’s lawyers are taking a belt and suspenders approach to his cases,” former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Salon.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2024
He wore a pale yellow shirt, spotless and clean, with gray slacks and suspenders and polished black shoes.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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