shoelace
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Accessories—anything from shoelace charms to glitter freckles to decor for your decor—give consumers ways to update their look and express themselves at a fraction of the cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
All eyes are on this bag with neon yellow shoelace tassels as Thomas reaches for the worn leather strap — a patina that every leather goods owner hopes for, especially in a reclaimed vintage treasure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
The 22-year-old did not play a warm-up tournament before the opening Grand Slam of the season after suffering a back spasm when she bent down to tie a shoelace.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025
Nandakumar says to think of chromosomes as a shoelace.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024
Another student tied a shoelace around her ankle as a kind of tourniquet.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
He can't tie his own shoelaces and his Vespa scooter strains to bear his weight - in one week, its wheels broke seven times.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
They focused on genes involved in building telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes that Levine compares to the plastic tips on shoelaces.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026
Twisting and tying shoelaces into a knot became a formidable task for Justin Herbert in the days following hand surgery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2025
In Hannah Tinti’s novel, which is set in 19th-century New England, Ren is a budding thief—pilfering food, shoelaces, buttons—when a young man named Benjamin Nab shows up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
He still wore no shoes, which was hardly surprising, for he had always been falling over the shoelaces and tying a bow had presented him with problems.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
