as in to braid
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Slayyy Hair founder Diann Valentine received a $300,000 bill in order to get 26,000 units of braiding hair, her business’ main product, from a port in May 2025.—
Essence,
Essence,
16 Mar. 2026 -
Patton, 41, started posting videos of his morning hair-braiding routine with his daughter on social media in 2024.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
14 Mar. 2026
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Eager to make connections with important people, Kapoor invited mayors to ribbon cuttings and doled outmore than $100,000 in campaign checks from corporate accounts, about half of which went to a political committee supporting a losing candidate in this November’s Miami Beach mayoral race.—
Sarah Blaskey,
Miami Herald,
16 Dec. 2025
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The road that ribbons through the foothills rises and twists like the tail of a cat.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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Trump defended the elimination game formula of the show as critical for drama but was intrigued by my counterproposal and asked me to give him a year to figure it out and transition the show toward that model.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
23 Mar. 2026
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Uche figures to be essential personnel for a defense that needs edge rushers to step up and get the quarterback down around 2024 first-round pick Chop Robinson.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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Today, that plant is one of thousands on the grounds, a place where monarch ferns frill around the auburn necks of melinonii philodendrons and buttercream and magenta orchids hang like pendants from a jabuticabeira, its spreading copper limbs blistered with purple fruit.—
Michael Snyder Pedro Kok,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2024
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The collection, which will surely be talked about as the best of the entire week, was an unflinching reminder that a serious depth of femininity — the frilled, bedazzled, artistic kind — should never be mistaken for weakness.—
Gabrielle Korn,
refinery29.com,
13 Feb. 2020
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Playing it is another, and Fort Worth offers a few solid options for visitors who want to lace up their boots.—
Taylor Haught,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Mar. 2026
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This time out, inspiration led him to a bold hybrid of Celtic and American folk, laced with a metallic, Middle Eastern vibe.—
Thor Christensen,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Turkish doctors found no correlation between BMI and hyoid bone fracture in pediatric deaths by hanging, and Parisian doctors are generally unaware of adolescents’ dangerous games.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Norma Jane Lumpkin, whose long hair hung past her waist, was four decades into a life sentence for her role in the 1981 bludgeoning death of her husband.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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For something more contemporary—and fashion-forward—Corazón Playero hosts hat design classes, where guests can select a hat and band style before local artisans embroider their initials or custom patterns by hand.—
Latifah Al Hazza,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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Her long black and white chiffon dress was entirely embroidered with glass pearls and crystals, and adorned with feathers.—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
16 Mar. 2026
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Attach to the mantle, tree, or garland with the tails of the string.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Dec. 2025
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Stoppard was often hailed as the greatest British playwright of his generation and was garlanded with honors, including a shelf full of theater gongs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Nov. 2025
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“Fillet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fillet. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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