barrette
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A blue velvet box bearing a label "bracelets of Queen Marie Antoinette" holds the double bracelets, each composed of three strings of diamonds and a large barrette clasp, for a total of 112 diamonds.
From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2021
Hair was wound into a tight bun or frizzed-out, perhaps accented by golden heart barrette, lightly folded like butterfly wings.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
Mu ran in gold-painted fingernails and a red barrette stamped with the word “CONFIDENT.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2021
Before she left the United States to compete in the Olympics, Athing Mu spied a hair barrette in a department store.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
The girl has long black hair clipped back with a silver barrette.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
“That’s a fancy baby,” a 4-year-old girl with colorful barrettes said as she walked by our stroller at a neighborhood park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2022
The nonbinary student, who sometimes wore barrettes and clips in their locks, was allowed back in class under an exemption the judge extended.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2021
Funky hair clips and barrettes that could have lined the walls of Claire’s stores 20 years ago have also resurfaced.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2021
A man I no longer know but who once snapped barrettes into my hair and taught me to love Bilbo Baggins, John Lennon, and acoustic guitar.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2021
“Here I am wearing my lucky bunny barrettes, but I am still thinking that I might faint.”
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
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