hairbrush
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The family prayed as McCormick’s great-grandson built a small plywood coffin that was filled with gifts and necessities for the next world, such as her granddaughter’s artwork and a hairbrush.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
He always “dressed to impress” and carried a hairbrush with him and envisioned one day being his own boss, Elizabeth Dockery said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2022
Instead, Eros and Evolet each got a hairbrush, Ebani a nail-cutting set, Ethan a wallet, her husband some socks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
“I once had someone ask for their partner’s hairbrush suspended in a Jell-o cake,” said Abbie Thigpen, 26, who started baking in March 2019 and splits her time between California and Asheville, N.C.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
I noticed our hair was twining together in the hairbrush, light and dark, dark and light.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
"Back in the day, we'd have war zones over hairbrushes," says Raye.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
One royal commentator referred to those corgis as “ghastly little hairbrushes, horrible little brats.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
As whales were hunted for their oil, people fashioned baleen into products such as hairbrushes and corsets.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2021
“DuPont had developed a nylon microfilament for hairbrushes, toothbrushes and brooms,” Mr. D’Addario said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2014
When I was little, I used to stand in front of mirrors with hairbrushes and imagine crowds chanting my name.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
