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
I follow his eyes, look down, and there, in my waistband, is the last Roman candle.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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
