waistband
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Murillo said he saw Carillo reach for his waistband as he ran.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
The waistband was high enough to give crush his lungs, but that didn't stop him recreating the video's fluid, technically-challenging choreography on stage.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
And then, they show one agent removing Pretti’s licensed handgun—which he was carrying in compliance with state law—from his waistband.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
Until the glasses and waistband computer are turned on, the implant has no visual stimulus or signal to pass through to the brain.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2025
Now, as he pulled up the pants on his suit, he was surprised that he was able to button the waistband.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Among the new nonnegotiables: fleece vests instead of jackets and elastic waistbands instead of “hard pants,” i.e., anything with a zipper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
So we sink into the couch, plates on laps, clothed in pants with elastic waistbands.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
"Our widening waistbands are also placing significant burden on our health service," he said in an opinion piece for the Telegraph.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024
Leather belts on trousers were sewn in, replacing waistbands, and cinched on the hip: pretty weaves, or plain and sloping.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024
They also wore special cotton waistbands under their clothes and made for each soldier by his wife or his mother or his sisters.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
