headrest
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Evidence gathered from the headrest of a seat in her car using adhesive tape was sent to the US for DNA testing, but no profile could be found.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Holding it down causes waterspouts to spin up all around you, dancing on their tails, merging and splitting—the immersiveness comes courtesy of a speaker in the driver’s headrest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
One of the nicest touches has the gamers getting in an actual car and banging against the headrest as they accelerate — something that doesn't happen at a computer monitor.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2023
“What about the headrest, what about all the cargo I stick in my trunk?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
One by one they were seated in an antique barber’s chair with a padded headrest about three feet away from a 17-inch color television monitor.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
In a typical full-size SUV, the glass in the rear hatch is about 10 feet away from the rearview mirror, with two sets of headrests in between.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
In the wake of the blowout, headrests in two seats adjacent to the opening were torn away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
They had unintentional uses as well, doubling as headrests at nap time and shields in a snowball fight.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
Burkert said her tip is to get an inexpensive shower curtain, thread the holes into the car’s headrests and cover whatever area the pet will sit in.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2021
For privacy, they draped a sheet from the hatchback over the headrests of the front seats to make a little tent.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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