forehead
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Usman Muhammad pauses by the entrance to a tiny Nigerian prison cell and leans his forehead against the wall unable to speak.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Lifts of all sorts are, no pun intended, on the rise: forehead and brow lifts up 29 percent; arm lifts and neck lifts both up 21 percent.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Months earlier I’d moved from an east-of-Eastside suburb to Los Feliz, where the quickest path to assimilation appeared to be the one I could cut across my forehead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
But she keeps some of her forehead wrinkles for an “elevated” look that doesn’t feel overdone, she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
With a concerned look on her face, Mama reached over and placed her hand on my forehead.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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We’ve watched celebrities undertake this shape-shifting toward pillowy lips, smooth foreheads, high cheekbones.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Initially, that meant humans strapping iPhones to their foreheads, recording actions like cooking, cleaning and performing household chores.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
On Wednesday, Ben Gvir sparked an outcry internationally but also within his own government by publishing a video of dozens of activists kneeling with their foreheads on the ground and their hands tied.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Following a push by the City striker, the two men squared up to each other, with foreheads pressed together.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
The air blows a little harder, grows colder, and we all three smile, our sweat evaporating from our foreheads.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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