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An image: that of a pale young girl, hair sensibly fastened with a barrette, sitting at her desk, a pen in her hand.—Literary Hub, 20 Nov. 2025 Someone’s braiding a piece of Shannon’s hair when a barrette falls out and onto the floor beneath the table.—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025 Items that went quickly included a sequined dress, earrings, a faux fur coat, a necklace, a barrette, a phone case, a hair clip and a hairbrush.—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025 Hair barrette seller Rozalynn Goodwin from Columbia, S.C., halted her shipments from China.—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 29 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for barrette
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