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Recent Examples of dreadlock
Private Collection is surprisingly bright for a Saba album, trading the trauma of 2018’s Care for Me and introspection of Few Good Things for songs about community, dating, and dreadlocks.
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Justin Curto, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
For some reason, during his hosting debut, Adrien Brody decided to introduce musical guest Sean Paul while wearing fake dreadlocks and using a Jamaican accent.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
Police describe the victim as a Black woman between 20 and 22 years old, about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and 140 pounds with black and blue dreadlocks or braids.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
So no, Shane Gillis being hired and then fired in 2019 before ever taking the Studio 8H stage didn’t make the cut, but Adrien Brody’s bizarre dreadlocks definitely did.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
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Justin Curto, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
For some reason, during his hosting debut, Adrien Brody decided to introduce musical guest Sean Paul while wearing fake dreadlocks and using a Jamaican accent.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
Police describe the victim as a Black woman between 20 and 22 years old, about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and 140 pounds with black and blue dreadlocks or braids.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
So no, Shane Gillis being hired and then fired in 2019 before ever taking the Studio 8H stage didn’t make the cut, but Adrien Brody’s bizarre dreadlocks definitely did.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreadlock
Noun
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The 8-year-old styled her hair in curly pigtails, while her mom wore a loose half-up, half-down style.—
Dayna Haffenden,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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Dads, there’s honor in allowing your daughter to put your hair in pigtails and paint your nails puke green.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Long queues formed at gas stations across the city.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
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While some requests can be handled in-house, for those that need to be pushed out to other city departments will go immediately with no hold times or queues like there were before, according to Benjamin.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
Noun
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After not being able to find a barber in Philly, growing his hair out as a Rookie turned cornrows into his signature, starting with a black headband and straightbacks during the 1997 NBA All-Star Weekend.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
6 June 2025
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The Tampa artist performed on last night’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert with her cornrows tied to both of her background dancers.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Dec. 2024
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“Dreadlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreadlock. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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