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Recent Examples of dreadlock
Thick brown dreadlocks fall to his shoulders, framing a hippie boy’s vacant, golden face.
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Literary Hub, 10 Mar. 2026
Hillbilly hippies with dreadlock beards buried safes in the woods containing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.
—Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
One suspect has dreadlocks and was wearing a black coat, a pink hooded sweatshirt, black sweatpants and black sneakers, and was carrying a red backpack at the time of the shooting.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Because dreadlocks are a connection to the living essence of the universe, cutting them off is like keeping a Catholic from receiving the Eucharist, five experts on the religion wrote in a filing supporting Landor.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 10 Mar. 2026
Hillbilly hippies with dreadlock beards buried safes in the woods containing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.
—Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
One suspect has dreadlocks and was wearing a black coat, a pink hooded sweatshirt, black sweatpants and black sneakers, and was carrying a red backpack at the time of the shooting.
—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Because dreadlocks are a connection to the living essence of the universe, cutting them off is like keeping a Catholic from receiving the Eucharist, five experts on the religion wrote in a filing supporting Landor.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 Nov. 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.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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This marvel of engineering shows off the profile of Washington (west of the main memorial entrance) and rock formations including the Needle’s Eye and Cathedral Spires, Black Hills overlooks, switchback climbs and pigtail bridges.—
Lisa Meyers McClintick,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
Noun
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Most shoppers don’t approach the registers and ponder the trade-offs of each queue; the choice is likely made on autopilot, psychology researchers told me.—
Valerie Trapp,
The Atlantic,
4 Dec. 2025
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Now Costco has joined the queue.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
2 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Rather than the usual middle part, subtly spice up your cornrow style with a deep side part.—
Omenaa Boakye,
InStyle,
9 June 2026
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“Dreadlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreadlock. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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