as in to braid
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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 -
But before the game, a Boston Legacy Fan Fest got fans even more excited with face painting, games and hair braiding.—
Paul Burton,
CBS News,
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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None of that suggests, at the end of an already inconsistent season, that suddenly USC would figure it all out following an early exit from the Big Ten tournament.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Hendrie was so good, so smooth, there are some who never figured it out!—
Richard Wagoner,
Daily News,
16 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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This quiet corner of the island is laced with pink-sand beaches and impossibly calm, glowing blue waters.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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Paige is little more than a dumb blonde stereotype, another underwritten female character in Sheridan’s growing oeuvre, but Chapman laces her babyish whining with surprising bite, while showing a knack for physical comedy.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2026
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Lights, in bird cage enclosures, still hang above the audience seating area, which has room for about 250 guests.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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But the $110 billion sale of WBD to Paramount that Zaslav has orchestrated hung over the festivities, as the industry braces for the thousands of layoffs that will result from the consolidation.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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The cropped tweed top and matching pants were both embroidered with a bevy of black sequins.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
11 Mar. 2026
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In the morning room, Fromental wallpaper hand-embroidered with lily pads set the tone.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
7 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 19 Mar. 2026.
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