as in to braid
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If the Citrus Bowl taught Orlando to host football, Tinker Field taught it how sports can braid together the city’s entertainment, economics, and social history.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
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Franklin’s work follows a 2025 Consumer Reports study, which made the rounds on social media last year after finding carcinogens in 10 synthetic braiding hair extensions.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 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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Spencer’s sharpshooting, smarts and toughness have been welcome in Memphis, which has several good young players, and Spencer figures to be part of the fold for years to come.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026
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Domínguez would figure to benefit from everyday reps at Triple-A, however, with the Yankees’ MLB outfield currently crowded.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
1 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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Prosecutors allege Kouri Richins tried to poison her husband a few days later, on Valentine’s Day, by lacing his sandwich.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Four years ago, East Bay native Nina Gordon-Kirsch stuffed a backpack, laced up her shoes, and started on a 240-mile trek from Oakland to Highland Lakes near Ebbets Pass in the Sierra Nevada.—
Molly McCrea,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Tony, the resident sloth who was reliably hanging upside-down from the telephone wires above the entrance to the camp.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
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Millions of Monarchs hang from the trees like frostbitten leaves the underside of their wings exposed, burnished, and bronzed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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Portman’s outerwear was embroidered with the names of a number of female directors who were not nominated for best director, a reference to the fact that there was an all-male lineup that year.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Vanity Fair,
3 Mar. 2026
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In addition to displaying its signature tailoring and new iterations of outerwear staples cut from mannish fabrics or hand-embroidered with floral motifs, the brand spotlighted its technical prowess in a series of unfussy dresses targeting women on the move.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
2 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 7 Mar. 2026.
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