thong
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In a recent acrylic painting she calls “The Big Bang,” she depicts a Black woman facing away from the viewer, a gun in her thong and her middle finger up.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022
With that technique, the hand moves up and down, keeping the whip mostly in a vertical plane as the thong stretches toward a target in front.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
Now think of all the trends that originated with those two: the selfie, purse dogs, contouring, thong heels, public awareness of and/or emotional investment in Kylie and Caitlyn Jenner, to name a few.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022
Don’t wear thong underwear, for instance, because those garments “allow bacteria to travel easier to the urethra,” Berkeley explains.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2017
It was the pendant that her mother had always worn dangling from a leather thong, not visible under her clothing.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
The most standout looks so far have included bejeweled thongs, color-coordinated snapbacks and sneakers and pleated, baggy jorts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
It has been accused of adding extra stars to the New Zealand flag and of calling flipflops "thongs" rather than "jandals" in reference to some of the well-known differences between the two countries.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2023
For many women, after years of thongs and underwire bras, it was a relief to wear clothes that didn’t hurt.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2021
But it was odd being in a crowd that included men and women dressed to the nines as you’d expect at the opera, sitting next to families wearing shorts and thongs.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2017
A pair of straw thongs that were purchased for 6.50 guilders were worn down to the soles within a week.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
