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
Ferguson’s wig and hairbrush mustache, on the other hand, appear to have been trimmed with garden shears by a distracted makeup artist who was playing Wordle on her phone.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
She wanted to retrieve her medicine, and if memory serves all these years later, also a hairbrush and a photograph from her apartment.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
Lloyd went to her father’s rowhouse and gathered some items to drop off for him at the hospital — his cellphone, wallet, hairbrush, toothbrush and a set of pajamas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2021
As I try to escape along the far side of the store, Lou Anne Templeton steps from behind the hairbrush rack.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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"Back in the day, we'd have war zones over hairbrushes," says Raye.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
As whales were hunted for their oil, people fashioned baleen into products such as hairbrushes and corsets.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2021
Inside was a gray-checked suit, two hairbrushes, various paperwork and an identity photo showing his pensive face.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2021
Tell her that if she notices something that’s out of place, she should ask you to put it away yourself, and that you don’t want her cleaning your hairbrushes or rearranging your toiletries.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2018
I do it at home with toothpaste and hairbrushes and everything on the bathroom sink.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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