hairbrush
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The family prayed as McCormick’s great-grandson built a small plywood coffin that was filled with gifts and necessities for the next world, such as her granddaughter’s artwork and a hairbrush.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
DNA from Bryan's late mother's hairbrush was later found to be a familial match to traces on the victim's vest and clump of hair.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2023
Ferguson’s wig and hairbrush mustache, on the other hand, appear to have been trimmed with garden shears by a distracted makeup artist who was playing Wordle on her phone.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
“I once had someone ask for their partner’s hairbrush suspended in a Jell-o cake,” said Abbie Thigpen, 26, who started baking in March 2019 and splits her time between California and Asheville, N.C.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
It’s a photograph of Khalil’s black hairbrush, the one he used in the car.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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"Back in the day, we'd have war zones over hairbrushes," says Raye.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
One royal commentator referred to those corgis as “ghastly little hairbrushes, horrible little brats.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
As whales were hunted for their oil, people fashioned baleen into products such as hairbrushes and corsets.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2021
Tell her that if she notices something that’s out of place, she should ask you to put it away yourself, and that you don’t want her cleaning your hairbrushes or rearranging your toiletries.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2018
Instead, we're holding hairbrushes and dancing around your room.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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