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Box braids, to cite just one example of African hair braiding, take a long time to perfect.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025 -
The actor wore her dark hair pulled to one side and braided down, stopping the braid with a few inches to spare and leaving the rest of her hair loose.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
19 Dec. 2024
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But those small moments of a day grow profound as Peter’s winding monologue wears on.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
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Daphne uses it to create her avant-garde music, born of the noises Darcy records with his boom mic while out on winding strolls.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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Among the haunting remnants, one image has stayed with me—a child's lock of hair, neatly plaited and tied with a small red ribbon, matted with mud.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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The key difference is that Bora Bora braids are typically plaited in line with the existing length of your natural hair, allowing the remainder of the curly human hair to billow outwards and form the bulk of the hairstyle.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
29 July 2024
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Think tall plants with large, dramatic leaves and twining vines that can climb up a shelf or spill out of a container.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Jan. 2025
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Plants grow as a twining vine that benefits from an arbor or trellis for support.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
22 Dec. 2024
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This mindset among far-right Reformed evangelicals is deeply entwined with a hypermasculine virtuousness.—
Liam Adams,
USA TODAY,
13 Jan. 2025
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Ronaldinho will always be part of the fabric of Barcelona, but on Mar. 2, 2023, the Ronaldinho name became further entwined with Barcelona as João signed with the club, for their youth team.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
27 Oct. 2024
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Men writhe and moan in the shadows just out of sight as a young gay man walks through the dark room at Adonis, Copenhagen’s only gay sauna.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
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That morning, Flora had awoken from terrible dreams about her naked mother dying, writhing beneath a street light.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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The Manik method starts with raw cotton, which is then hand-dyed and woven into beautiful fabrics.—
Terry Elward,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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This red could not be more luscious, with ribbons of bright strawberry woven through the darker auburn base, catching the light from all those flashing cameras.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Entwist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entwist. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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