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Someone’s braiding a piece of Shannon’s hair when a barrette falls out and onto the floor beneath the table.
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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
She was outfitted in a Hello Kitty onesie with Kitty barrettes in her wispy hair.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 12 July 2025
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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
She was outfitted in a Hello Kitty onesie with Kitty barrettes in her wispy hair.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 12 July 2025
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“Barrette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barrette. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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barrette
noun
bar·rette
bä-ˈret 
bə-
: a clip or bar for holding a girl's or woman's hair in place
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