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"The advanced action brush roll digs deep into carpet and crevices to pick up more pet hair than a typical vacuum. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"The Good Housekeeping Institute Cleaning Lab has tested a wide array of vacuum models over the years, from stick vacuums to HEPA vacuums to robot vacuums, vacuums for pet hair , and so much more. \u2014 Sarah Bogdan, Good Housekeeping , 28 June 2022",
"The legendary billboard queen of Los Angeles is well-known for her larger-than-life appearance, with breasts, hair and makeup that could only be rivaled by a Barbie doll or drag queen. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Below, revisit some key red-carpet moments where silver hair took the spotlight. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 27 June 2022"
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"Of course, last February's crash was driven by a black-swan hair ball , the COVID pandemic. \u2014 Bernhard Warner, Fortune , 23 Feb. 2021",
"The personal histories of Khan\u2019s characters are so enmeshed that tracing back their connections is like trying to untangle a hair ball . \u2014 Maureen Corrigan, miamiherald , 22 Feb. 2018",
"That means no plucking hair balls out of the intake, and no worry of the vacuum malfunctioning mid-cycle. \u2014 Samantha Gordon, USA TODAY , 11 Oct. 2017",
"What drives the critics wild is her personal writing and its nonstop examination of self, one damn hair ball at a time. \u2014 Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic , 11 Sep. 2017"
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"This is a coming-of-age story in which the transition from adolescence to adulthood is akin to swapping one hair shirt for another. \u2014 Jake Cline, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Aiden needs neither hair shirt nor whip to self-flagellate, and Simone writes of depression with a visceral ache. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 11 Nov. 2021",
"To toughen it up, Ford resorted to that longtime crossover hair shirt , the roof rack. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver , 6 July 2020",
"Asking billions of people to don an unwashed hair shirt wouldn\u2019t work; the solution would have to be rapid technological innovation. \u2014 Jon Gertner, Wired , 1 Apr. 2020",
"Even a hair shirt worn voluntarily is uncomfortable. \u2014 Aaron Timms, The New Republic , 27 Jan. 2020",
"Highlights from the list of 175 individual objects include a hair shirt and finger bone believed to have belonged to St. Nicholas -- better known as Santa Claus -- and relics from Christ's birthplace. \u2014 Rory Sullivan, CNN , 18 Dec. 2019",
"Might fashion be the next business to suffer as consumers put on their environmental hair shirts ",
"On the evidence in these pages, a hair shirt will not be in Sunstein\u2019s future. \u2014 Aaron Timms, The New Republic , 20 June 2019"
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"Should the electoral officials\u2019 math hold up, the hairbreadth victory is likely to provide only limited comfort to Mr. del Mazo\u2019s party. \u2014 Kirk Semple And Marina Franco, New York Times , 4 June 2017",
"The year closed with the hairbreadth victory of a law-and-order Presidential nominee whose Southern strategy of racial politicking remade the electoral map. \u2014 Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker , 9 Jan. 2017",
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"That mad quest for immortality is only one thread in an intricate narrative that encompasses witchcraft, impossible transformations, hairbreadth escapes, killer clowns and an assortment of innovative murders. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Nov. 2021",
"Nancy Pelosi will have a hairbreadth four-vote majority in the House with two seats still undecided. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 17 Dec. 2020",
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"The actor debuted a new blonde look with subtle pink undertones while attending the premiere of Life in Pink alongside her fianc\u00e9, fellow pink- hair haver Machine Gun Kelly. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 28 June 2022",
"Knowing how to do beauty and special-effects makeup, hair and a little costuming can help set you apart from other applicants. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"Kate asks incredulously, her ginger hair and blue eyes personifying a real-life Ariel. \u2014 Daphne Ewing-chow, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The advanced action brush roll digs deep into carpet and crevices to pick up more pet hair than a typical vacuum. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"The Good Housekeeping Institute Cleaning Lab has tested a wide array of vacuum models over the years, from stick vacuums to HEPA vacuums to robot vacuums, vacuums for pet hair , and so much more. \u2014 Sarah Bogdan, Good Housekeeping , 28 June 2022",
"The legendary billboard queen of Los Angeles is well-known for her larger-than-life appearance, with breasts, hair and makeup that could only be rivaled by a Barbie doll or drag queen. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Below, revisit some key red-carpet moments where silver hair took the spotlight. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 27 June 2022"
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"The beginning of the tattoo is hidden beneath the back of his hairline , while the end of the tattoo sits squarely atop a golden chain (a match to the huggie hoop earring decorating in his left ear). \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 18 Mar. 2022",
"With Bellinger still sidelined by a hairline leg fracture, Pujols will play first base as a backup to Max Muncy, who moved to second base on Monday night with Gavin Lux filling in at shortstop. \u2014 Greg Beacham, ajc , 18 May 2021",
"With Bellinger still sidelined by a hairline leg fracture, Pujols could play first base to fill in for Max Muncy, who occasionally moves to third base to give a day off to Justin Turner. \u2014 Greg Beacham, Star Tribune , 17 May 2021",
"During your check, be sure to inspect: under your arms, around and in your ears, in your belly button, behind your knees, in your hair, around your hairline , between your legs, and around your waist. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 20 May 2022",
"Like the micro mini skirt, micro bangs (also called small or mini) are super short and cut closer to your hairline than your brows. \u2014 Jessica Prince Erlich, Allure , 30 Apr. 2022",
"Who among us who\u2019s seen a relationship\u2019s hairline fractures become massive gulfs under the strain of a sudden uncontrollable shift in living circumstances, can fail to relate",
"There are also what appear to be gems placed around her hairline , which match her chain necklace and earrings. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 18 Nov. 2021",
"That led to a hairline fracture of his hamate bone in his left hand. \u2014 Doug Ferguson, orlandosentinel.com , 5 Apr. 2022"
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"Should the electoral officials\u2019 math hold up, the hairbreadth victory is likely to provide only limited comfort to Mr. del Mazo\u2019s party. \u2014 Kirk Semple And Marina Franco, New York Times , 4 June 2017",
"The year closed with the hairbreadth victory of a law-and-order Presidential nominee whose Southern strategy of racial politicking remade the electoral map. \u2014 Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker , 9 Jan. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"That said, firing can get really hairy really fast. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Apr. 2022"
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"Scientists think hidradenitis suppurativa begins when keratin (a protein that keeps the skin, hair, and nails healthy) clogs up a hair follicle , according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association4. \u2014 Stephanie Watson, SELF , 29 Sep. 2021",
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"But these hair cells are neither an inner nor an outer hair cell . \u2014 Elizabeth Cooney, STAT , 9 May 2022",
"But nothing is available to replace damaged hair cells , which have a role in clarifying sound and improving speech intelligibility. \u2014 Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com , 17 July 2019",
"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, any noise louder than 120 decibels can immediately damage the tiny hair cells that help turn vibrations into what our brains perceive as sound. \u2014 Jessica Boddy, Popular Science , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Understanding how stress affects stem cell populations, which seed all of the cells in the body, from skin cells to blood cells and hair cells , could provide clues about how to cope better under stress and perhaps even age in a more healthy way. \u2014 Time , 22 Jan. 2020",
"But nothing is available to replace damaged hair cells , which help clarify sound and improve speech intelligibility. \u2014 Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com , 23 July 2019",
"Even hair cells , for instance, divide at a particular time each evening, Panda has found. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 15 Sep. 2015",
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"That system operates as the body\u2019s balance organ; its three semicircular canals are filled with fluid and tiny hair cells that sense in which direction the body is moving. \u2014 Heidi Mitchell, WSJ , 15 Aug. 2018"
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"The hairy woodpecker and the downy woodpecker are quite similar and can be difficult for novice birders to distinguish. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 24 Oct. 2021",
"One challenge was to discern the hairy woodpecker from its doppelganger, the downy woodpecker. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 17 July 2019",
"Red-bellied, downy and hairy woodpeckers love peanuts, a high-protein, high-energy food, as do other songbirds. \u2014 Evan Macdonald, cleveland.com , 25 Dec. 2017",
"The forest also is home to bear, coyote, deer and birds from hairy woodpeckers to red-breasted sapsuckers. \u2014 Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times , 25 Dec. 2017"
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"One of the younger undercover officers, a lanky man with braces named Carlos, went into the barbershop and sat down for a haircut . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Howard, for example, became the go-to barber for anyone in need of a haircut , and Wise remembers waking up one day to find Dern sitting on her couch, watching the news. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
"Highflying startups have been grounded, swiftly, by the new climate: layoffs, skeptical investors, an exodus of funds and the prospect of a valuation haircut . \u2014 Heather Somerville, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Sporting a shorter haircut and his trademark good humor and enthusiasm, Bruce Cassidy on Thursday held his first Las Vegas press conference after being named the new coach of the Golden Knights two days earlier. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"The book describes one time when Chabon\u2019s 14-year-old daughter had just gotten a new haircut and looked to him for approval. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"Foltos, who owns Foltos\u2019 Tonsorial Parlor at 7 E. Wilson St. in Batavia, was back in the all-night haircut business beginning at 4 p.m. Friday, with the Chop Around the Clock fundraiser going until Saturday afternoon. \u2014 David Sharos, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Where it\u2019s a 20-minute drive, or more, to get a haircut or Frappuccino",
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"With the blonde hairdo , the over-the-top pink eye shadow, and the colorful, body-hugging mini dresses, Rossum nailed Angelyne's glamorously flamboyant essence, thanks to her makeup and wardrobe teams. \u2014 Marie Lodi, Allure , 26 May 2022",
"Images of Hathaway in a beehive hairdo , cat-eye sunglasses, and a Gucci minidress now paper the internet\u2014a near caricature of fabulous stardom. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
"Lynskey, wielding a reproachful gaze and a severe pageboy hairdo , captures the sadness and seething resentment of a woman stifled by the confines of stay-at-home motherhood. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 6 May 2022",
"Kristen Stewart isn't one to shy away from a new hairdo . \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Romeo has since ditched the blonde hairdo and gone back to his roots with a brown buzz cut. \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 6 Jan. 2022",
"Eilish shared a selfie of the new chocolate brown hairdo with her almost 97 million fans on Instagram. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 3 Dec. 2021",
"Spector, who led the girl group the Ronettes, was known for rocking the cat eye makeup and beehive hairdo that became synonymous with the era. \u2014 NBC News , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Oddly retro today, the strange central snorkel would have been regarded a cutting-edge design flourish at the time, as evocative of the Space Age as a Jell-O mold or a beehive hairdo . \u2014 Robert Ross, Robb Report , 27 Dec. 2021"
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"Matrix prides themselves on being a hairdresser \u2019s best friend. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 June 2022",
"The secret auteur of the genre known as hair metal was his hairdresser wife of 40 years, Aleeza Callner, who blow-dried the heads of the members of Whitesnake, Poison, Kiss, the Scorpions \u2014 not to mention Sam Kinison and Jerry Seinfeld. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
"What Wilson and Theodore tell Summers is corroborated by hairdresser -to-the-stars Sydney Guilaroff, says Summers. \u2014 Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com , 13 May 2022",
"According to Essie's website (and a few other sources), the Queen's hairdresser wrote the brand's founder, Essie Weingarten, back in 1989 to request a bottle of Ballet Slippers. \u2014 Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country , 13 May 2022",
"Hollywood hairdresser Carrie White, who famously cut hair for top 1960s and 1970s stars like Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis Presley, has died. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 May 2022",
"In 2005, the street was just like any other in the old shopping district, until a local hairdresser wanted to more vibrant environment in order to draw more people to his salon\u2014and neighboring businesses. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Her mother, Julia (Riccio) Abruzzo, was a seamstress and hairdresser . \u2014 Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com , 9 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s no need to order through your hairdresser , call a number in a catalog or make a special order online. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 20 May 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"It's meant specifically for steep uphill hairpin turns and is said to permit a greater difference in wheelspin between the left and right rear tires. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 28 Apr. 2022",
"There is also a specific portion which includes 14 consecutive hairpin turns. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 31 May 2022",
"In Tuscany, that can also mean harrowing hairpin turns, ancient hill towns and cobblestone lanes whose margin for error to a driver is as slim as a stiletto. \u2014 Cathy Huyghe, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
"Max Gordon, the 13-year-old son of Robby Gordon, passed Robert Stout at the hairpin and won his first race in the Super Trucks Series. \u2014 Martin Henderson, Los Angeles Times , 9 Apr. 2022",
"Reviewers love the slender steel hairpin legs, which add a touch of whimsy and fun. \u2014 Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The drive offers towering cliffs on either side, crystal clear Oak Creek at its base and hairpin turns along the way. \u2014 Susan Glaser, cleveland , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Beggars and cold dogs sit at the hairpin turns, where drivers have to slow almost to a stop. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Lady Gaga, Este Haim and Alana Haim all banded together to temporarily fix it with a hairpin . \u2014 Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Lucid's motors use hairpin windings that are as pretty as bent copper gets. \u2014 Austin Irwin, Car and Driver , 24 Mar. 2022",
"Nearly half of the course will be along Jefferson Avenue, where drivers will get up to about 180 mph before slowing to take a hairpin turn around the iconic Joe Louis Fist. \u2014 Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press , 4 May 2022",
"When the air-and-sea spectacle returns April 30-May 1, this year\u2019s headlining elite fighting squadron will add new choreography to their usual hairpin vertical dives, sonic booms and vapor trails. \u2014 Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Now the funicular is back open, consider walking up the hairpin road that trails behind the lower station instead. \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Its Irving Turntable Station, for example, is a modern, open console with hairpin steel legs that supports a turntable and amp on the top level and stores albums on the bottom and in two flip-bins on the sides. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2022",
"While known for its fabulous views, the narrow, edge-hugging road with hairpin turns and queasy drop-offs proved too dangerous for modern travel needs. \u2014 Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic , 28 Feb. 2022",
"The custom green lacquered vanity with brass hairpin legs drove the design. \u2014 Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com , 13 Feb. 2022",
"Windward was able to identify suspect ships using technology that detects digital tracks that don\u2019t correspond to actual movements, such as hairpin turns at breakneck speed or drifting in the form of perfect crop circles. \u2014 Joshua Goodman, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Feb. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ryegrass, fescue, clover and hairy vetch can be planted now. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Legumes like hairy vetch add nitrogen; grains add organic matter. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 2 Oct. 2021",
"Legumes like hairy vetch add nitrogen, grains add organic matter. \u2014 Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune , 3 Oct. 2020",
"The plots that used cover crops also were negatively affected by the hairy vetch not being completely eliminated by the herbicide, allowing it to compete with the corn for nutrients and water. \u2014 John Spina, The Denver Post , 27 Oct. 2019",
"On the second and third plots, Schlagel planted a cover crop of rye and hairy vetch , the roots from which were supposed to keep nutrients in the soil and reduce erosion throughout the winter. \u2014 John Spina, The Denver Post , 27 Oct. 2019",
"Examples of common used cover crops include annual rye, hairy vetch , and there are others. \u2014 Roxanne Washington, cleveland , 5 Oct. 2019",
"Common choices include buckwheat, annual rye, hairy vetch and clovers, and they can be used in no-till gardens or in conventional ones. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 July 2019",
"The crop can be quite happy growing with a legume like hairy vetch or crimson clover. \u2014 Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018"
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": a slender spiraled recoil spring that regulates the motion of the balance wheel of a timepiece":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The double-barrel function includes an Original Straumann hairspring and an interchangeable Moser escapement. \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 15 Feb. 2022",
"Several years in the development, the new 330-part UN-621 mechanical caliber is Ulysse Nardin\u2019s first in-house automatic striking movement to be powered by the automatic flying tourbillon with a silicon hairspring , anchor, and escape wheel. \u2014 Roberta Naas, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
"The movement is the manufacture caliber MT5400, an automatic chronometer with a non-magnetic silicon hairspring . \u2014 Carol Besler, Forbes , 24 June 2021",
"Inside is the caliber 3230, featuring Rolex's signature Chronergy escapement and a blue Parachrom hairspring , with a power reserve of 70 hours. \u2014 Carol Besler, Forbes , 7 Apr. 2021"
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"the senator's long parade of hairstyles seem to reflect a relentless need to constantly reinvent herself",
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"While Gigi, 27, rocked a similar hairstyle , her rocker-chic glam was softened with a white-and-blush ensemble, complete with an airy shawl with fringe detail perfectly draped over her shoulders. \u2014 Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"The Canadian actor appeared in all denim, flashing his abs under a jean vest and sported a bleach blonde hairstyle . \u2014 Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY , 15 June 2022",
"For off-duty days, the cut can be paired with a relaxed hairstyle like a loose ponytail but the chin-length layers add cool movement and frame the face. \u2014 Elle Turner, Glamour , 12 June 2022",
"Toth also adds that a dry shampoo creates a matte, airy texture at the roots of your hair, which really supports a bouncy hairstyle full of life and movement. \u2014 Angela Trakoshis, Allure , 11 June 2022",
"Just slip into a blue dress and some elbow-length gloves \u2014 then put your blonde locks up in a classic updo hairstyle . \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 6 June 2022",
"Yes, somebody has a similar hairstyle , but nobody has your hair on their head. \u2014 Leah Campano, Seventeen , 30 May 2022",
"Why can\u2019t every person wear a natural hairstyle at work",
"For her seventh-grade picture day, Kimora decided to wear her hair in Bantu knots, a hairstyle in which sections of hair are twisted and stacked on top of themselves. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022"
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"1871, in the meaning defined above":""
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"probably euphemism for faith":""
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": a mineral HCaAsO 4 .H 2 O consisting of white hydrous calcium arsenate":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"So rather than tract housing, the prairies are home to rare and unusual plants and insects, such as the Acadian hairstreak , bunchgrass skipper and dusky wing butterflies. \u2014 Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com , 27 Sep. 2020",
"Last summer, the elusive white-letter hairstreak butterfly was spotted in Scotland for the first time in 133 years. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 19 Feb. 2018",
"The Butterfly Conservation team has observed the white-letter hairstreak gradually spreading northwards, possibly due to warming climates. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 19 Feb. 2018",
"The white-letter hairstreak , which is native to the UK, has come under severe threat in recent years. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 17 Aug. 2017",
"In 1884, a white-letter hairstreak butterfly was spotted flitting about in Scotland. \u2014 Brigit Katz, Smithsonian , 17 Aug. 2017",
"The Fulvous hairstreak , another brown butterfly that feeds on Brazilian pepper, is now showing up north of Melbourne. \u2014 Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald , 7 June 2017"
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"the hairstylist fashioned the model's hair into an elegant updo",
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"Celebrity hairstylist and Imbue brand ambassador Michelle Sultan also swears by a good restoring hair mask, as well as a shampoo that doesn\u2019t strip the hair of its natural oils. \u2014 Jamie Wilson, Harper's BAZAAR , 29 June 2022",
"Drea Dettmers, a hairstylist and educator at Tallulah East Collective in Salt Lake City, Utah. \u2014 Liv Holland, Allure , 27 June 2022",
"Later on in the night, Hilton enjoyed a photoshoot with the sparklers that were handed out to guests, and Menounos posed on Instagram with celebrity hairstylist and fellow Greek, Dimitris Giannetos. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 10 June 2022",
"Pro hairstylist and Evo international creative director Tom Smith took to Instagram to break the look down. \u2014 Elle Turner, Glamour , 31 May 2022",
"The new bob came courtesy of L.A.-based hairstylist to the stars Kim Dow, who cut and colored Mellencamp Arroyave's hair after removing her extensions. \u2014 Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
"Blake Monar, a hairstylist and entrepreneur who now lives in Phoenix, is originally from Rockport. \u2014 Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star , 29 July 2021",
"According to Adriana Papaleo, a master hairstylist at Rob Peetom Williamsburg Salon in Brooklyn, frizz can be caused by a number of things. \u2014 Sophie Dweck, Town & Country , 22 June 2022",
"But Kardashian's hairstylist was also snapping pictures of the two of them in that hotel hallway, and his Instagram tells a very different story. \u2014 Elizabeth Loga, Glamour , 14 July 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1934, in the meaning defined above":""
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"so called from the fact that the tail ends in a hairlike filament":""
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": a member of an American Indian people of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, and Prince of Wales Island, Alaska":[],
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"\u02c8h\u012b-d\u0259"
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"Haida (northern dialect) \u1e25\u00e0\u00b7t\u0313e\u00b7, \u1e25\u00e0\u00b7de\u00b7 , a self-designation":""
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"noun"
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"German heiduck, haiduck , from Hungarian hajd\u00fak , plural of hajd\u00fa robber":""
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"wig"
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"if no one had told me he wore a hairpiece , I would have thought his hair was his own",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The set comes complete with a hairpiece , canvas and painter's palette. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 21 June 2022",
"The hairpiece was the perfect dedication for what would have been the legend's 96th birthday. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 2 June 2022",
"Fluttering aqua blue tulle paired with traditional Native American jewelry and a feather hairpiece ? \u2014 ELLE , 4 May 2022",
"The final cherry on top was her playful hairpiece , which featured horizontal ombr\u00e9 stripes in red, green, and blue to lend the look its final, fantastical lift-off. \u2014 Liam Hess, Vogue , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Cardi B rocked her signature black hair shade for this week's date night with Offset, but this go-round, celebrity hairstylist Jared Henderson (a.k.a. JStayReady) installed a hip-length hairpiece for some major drama. \u2014 Jennet Jusu, Allure , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Tatum, 41, wanted the hairpiece to pay homage to a range of iconic hunks. \u2014 Ramin Setoodeh, Variety , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Thing is, though, the series never addressed whether Silvio wore a hairpiece . \u2014 Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture , 5 Oct. 2021",
"Instead of committing to the retro look, hairstylist Andrew Fitzsimons clipped on a faux hairpiece for the special occasion to achieve the short, blunt fringe. \u2014 Devon Abelman, Allure , 13 Sep. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1926, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"He plucked a hair from his arm.",
"There are dog hairs all over my coat.",
"The hair on her arms is blond.",
"He has a lot of hair on his chest.",
"He got his hair cut last week.",
"He has a thick head of hair .",
"a balding man who is losing his hair",
"He won the race by a hair .",
"He was a hair off on the count.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair ) change the world? \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
"The actor debuted a new blonde look with subtle pink undertones while attending the premiere of Life in Pink alongside her fianc\u00e9, fellow pink- hair haver Machine Gun Kelly. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 28 June 2022",
"Knowing how to do beauty and special-effects makeup, hair and a little costuming can help set you apart from other applicants. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"Kate asks incredulously, her ginger hair and blue eyes personifying a real-life Ariel. \u2014 Daphne Ewing-chow, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"The advanced action brush roll digs deep into carpet and crevices to pick up more pet hair than a typical vacuum. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"The Good Housekeeping Institute Cleaning Lab has tested a wide array of vacuum models over the years, from stick vacuums to HEPA vacuums to robot vacuums, vacuums for pet hair , and so much more. \u2014 Sarah Bogdan, Good Housekeeping , 28 June 2022",
"The legendary billboard queen of Los Angeles is well-known for her larger-than-life appearance, with breasts, hair and makeup that could only be rivaled by a Barbie doll or drag queen. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Below, revisit some key red-carpet moments where silver hair took the spotlight. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 27 June 2022"
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"Middle English, from Old English h\u01e3r ; akin to Old High German h\u0101r hair":""
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"noun"
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"Bembenek was arrested, and a hairbrush belonging to her had hair consistent with hairs found in the bandana used to gag Christine. \u2014 Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News , 15 May 2022",
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"Today\u2019s global hairbrush market is estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. \u2014 Douglas Belkin, WSJ , 2 May 2022",
"Thompson alleged that Ervin beat the girl with a hairbrush for not going to bed, according to court records. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Thompson alleged that Ervin beat the girl with a hairbrush for not going to bed, according to court records. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Reilly is having the time of his life playing the type of guy who takes a hairbrush to his chest fur before heading out into the world, ready to flash a smile and get something going. \u2014 Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Thompson alleged that Ervin beat the girl with a hairbrush for not going to bed, according to court records. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Thompson alleged that Ervin beat the girl with a hairbrush for not going to bed, according to court records. \u2014 Stephanie Pagones, Fox News , 8 Jan. 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"He is charged with illuminating the line between right and wrong at a time when war seems but a hair trigger from peace, when the ways to kill grow ever more sophisticated, when the consequences stream round the world instantaneously. \u2014 Mary Beth Mccauley, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 May 2022",
"Long-term stress can mean our fight-or-flight response does its thing on a hair trigger . \u2014 Eleanor Morgan, refinery29.com , 12 Nov. 2021",
"All these moves would make the world safer and might also dissuade China, which does not have its missiles on a hair trigger , from adopting that policy. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 1 Mar. 2017",
"His letters to the editor, fired on a hair trigger , left a trail of gun smoke. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 July 2021",
"But try telling that to Washington politicians who are on hair trigger alert for any development that might define the early months of a new administration. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 10 May 2021",
"Many experts have urged Biden to reform the launch system, perhaps requiring two or more people to authorize nuclear weapons use, or taking the whole system off a hair trigger altogether. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 20 Jan. 2021",
"The speed and number of people involved in the destruction showed Minneapolis remains on a hair trigger nearly three months after the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, on Memorial Day. \u2014 Nicole Norfleet, Star Tribune , 27 Aug. 2020",
"So far there\u2019s been no launch, but the strange shooting death this weekend of a South Korean official who might have been looking to enter the North by boat nonetheless highlights the hair trigger on which the Peninsula still rests. \u2014 John Bolton, WSJ , 29 Sep. 2020"
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"The taxi ride got a little hairy .",
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"Our bodies are soft, uniquely shaped, hairy -legged beings that need wide, vast space to birth dreams. \u2014 Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes , 27 June 2022",
"For instance, take your annual BHAG (big, hairy , audacious goal) and create quarterly, monthly, and even weekly milestones. \u2014 Amy Blaschka, Forbes , 17 June 2022",
"Wrestling prices back under control has looked like an increasingly hairy challenge as wage growth remains strong, consumers continue to spend at a rapid clip and families begin to think that price increases might last. \u2014 New York Times , 13 June 2022",
"Today, as its golf courses turn to rubble and the tennis courts grow hairy with weeds, the new draw in town is a clinic tucked away in a drab strip mall near the Rio Grande, where girls and women can end their pregnancies legally. \u2014 Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker , 13 June 2022",
"The vine flowers during the midsummer and bears brown, hairy fruit. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 1 June 2022",
"The film is set in the heart of an imaginary world, where a young and funny wizard apprentice teams up with a hairy and wacky pachyderm who has become tiny, and an outlaw with a mysterious power, on a search for the wizard\u2019s younger brother. \u2014 Patrick Frater, Variety , 27 May 2022",
"The next puzzle hints to how hairy Tandis will eventually become. \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 22 Apr. 2022",
"DeSean Jackson\u2019s jewelry and black jacket, opened just enough to expose his hairy chest. \u2014 Safid Deen, USA TODAY , 2 June 2022"
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"\u2014 William P. Barrett",
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"Do you like my haircut ?",
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"One of the younger undercover officers, a lanky man with braces named Carlos, went into the barbershop and sat down for a haircut . \u2014 Washington Post , 3 June 2022",
"Howard, for example, became the go-to barber for anyone in need of a haircut , and Wise remembers waking up one day to find Dern sitting on her couch, watching the news. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
"Highflying startups have been grounded, swiftly, by the new climate: layoffs, skeptical investors, an exodus of funds and the prospect of a valuation haircut . \u2014 Heather Somerville, WSJ , 16 May 2022",
"Sporting a shorter haircut and his trademark good humor and enthusiasm, Bruce Cassidy on Thursday held his first Las Vegas press conference after being named the new coach of the Golden Knights two days earlier. \u2014 Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com , 16 June 2022",
"The book describes one time when Chabon\u2019s 14-year-old daughter had just gotten a new haircut and looked to him for approval. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"Foltos, who owns Foltos\u2019 Tonsorial Parlor at 7 E. Wilson St. in Batavia, was back in the all-night haircut business beginning at 4 p.m. Friday, with the Chop Around the Clock fundraiser going until Saturday afternoon. \u2014 David Sharos, Chicago Tribune , 5 June 2022",
"Where it\u2019s a 20-minute drive, or more, to get a haircut or Frappuccino? \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 5 June 2022",
"Maybe the writers can make it up to Will with a gift for season five: a less nightmarish haircut . \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 3 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The journey doesn\u2019t end once new hires earn their hairnet . \u2014 Tara Adhikari, The Christian Science Monitor , 11 May 2022",
"On another bench, a woman in a hairnet and gloves was on her way to a hospital shift. \u2014 Anna Russell, The New Yorker , 19 Feb. 2022",
"Not through gloves, goggles, a mask, a hairnet , a hazmat suit and plastic sheets. \u2014 Lotte Bowser, refinery29.com , 13 Jan. 2022",
"Hesse put on a red hairnet , a blue lab coat, and a pair of white plastic clogs\u2014mandatory cavewear\u2014and made her way down a spiral staircase. \u2014 Eric Lach, The New Yorker , 25 Oct. 2021",
"Before giving The Washington Post a tour on a recent morning, Belfi suited up: two layers of booties, two pairs of gloves, a hairnet , a hood and a jumpsuit. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021",
"The teenager, wearing a black hairnet , had arrived from Guatemala five years earlier, and this was his first day of work. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2021",
"Laura Kliman, senior flavor scientist for Impossible Foods, stood in the Redwood City, Calif., test kitchen in mask and hairnet , six ramekins of milk before her. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Oct. 2020",
"Her husband was allowed in, wearing a mask and gloves and a hairnet . \u2014 The New Yorker , 27 Apr. 2020"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Sebastian Professional Fixer Strong Hold Hair Spray is a top-of-the-line hair spray that avoids the unwanted matting common in hairsprays. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
"Griff smooths any flyaways with the timeless Blue Magic Conditioner and Shine 'N Jam gel, then sets it all in place with a bit of hair spray and edge control. \u2014 Kiana Murden, Vogue , 9 Mar. 2022",
"The faint smell of hair spray fills the theater as performers scurry backstage getting ready for the night's performance. \u2014 Casey Clark, Allure , 27 Feb. 2022",
"Then, flip your hair forward, misting a little hair spray or dry shampoo at the roots, James suggests. \u2014 Wendy Sy, Allure , 26 Jan. 2022",
"If hair is longer, start the process on dry hair and firm the pomade with a hard-hold lacquer hair spray . \u2014 Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ , 5 Jan. 2022",
"Just make sure to use a strong-hold hair spray , like Aquage's Finishing Spray, to reach maximum levels of sleek. \u2014 Grace Wade, Health.com , 18 Nov. 2021",
"There are no bottles of hair spray on the washroom\u2019s counter. \u2014 Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Spray a clean toothbrush with hair spray , and brush upward to hold eyebrows in place. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Oct. 2021"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The red- haired skateboarder has done a lot of growing up during season four. \u2014 Helena Andrews-dyer, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
"The glaring question on everyone's minds: Will the Outlander cast reappear (namely, a certain red- haired Scot)? \u2014 Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping , 26 June 2022",
"Mini-series based on sword-and-sorcery characters such as Puritan evil vanquisher Solomon Kane, red- haired mercenary Dark Agnes, and Atlantean adventurer Kull the Conqueror are due to follow. \u2014 Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter , 21 June 2022",
"The red- haired woman showed no interest in buying anything. \u2014 New York Times , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Sharon, now retired and in her sixties, is red- haired and gregarious. \u2014 Ryan Katz, The New Yorker , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Audrey is a beautiful, female, domestic short- haired brown tabby cat about 13 years old. \u2014 The Republic, The Arizona Republic , 27 May 2022",
"Our roundup features iconic red- haired characters from television, movies and shows. \u2014 Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping , 8 June 2022",
"Her catalogue, which features emotionally vulnerable ballads and crooning rock-like anthems, has garnered a cult following for the famously red- haired artist. \u2014 oregonlive , 6 June 2022"
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"He is charged with illuminating the line between right and wrong at a time when war seems but a hair trigger from peace, when the ways to kill grow ever more sophisticated, when the consequences stream round the world instantaneously. \u2014 Mary Beth Mccauley, The Christian Science Monitor , 23 May 2022",
"Long-term stress can mean our fight-or-flight response does its thing on a hair trigger . \u2014 Eleanor Morgan, refinery29.com , 12 Nov. 2021",
"All these moves would make the world safer and might also dissuade China, which does not have its missiles on a hair trigger , from adopting that policy. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 1 Mar. 2017",
"His letters to the editor, fired on a hair trigger , left a trail of gun smoke. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 12 July 2021",
"But try telling that to Washington politicians who are on hair trigger alert for any development that might define the early months of a new administration. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 10 May 2021",
"Many experts have urged Biden to reform the launch system, perhaps requiring two or more people to authorize nuclear weapons use, or taking the whole system off a hair trigger altogether. \u2014 Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics , 20 Jan. 2021",
"The speed and number of people involved in the destruction showed Minneapolis remains on a hair trigger nearly three months after the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, on Memorial Day. \u2014 Nicole Norfleet, Star Tribune , 27 Aug. 2020",
"So far there\u2019s been no launch, but the strange shooting death this weekend of a South Korean official who might have been looking to enter the North by boat nonetheless highlights the hair trigger on which the Peninsula still rests. \u2014 John Bolton, WSJ , 29 Sep. 2020"
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"Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair ) change the world? \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 29 June 2022",
"The actor debuted a new blonde look with subtle pink undertones while attending the premiere of Life in Pink alongside her fianc\u00e9, fellow pink- hair haver Machine Gun Kelly. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 28 June 2022",
"Knowing how to do beauty and special-effects makeup, hair and a little costuming can help set you apart from other applicants. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
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"The advanced action brush roll digs deep into carpet and crevices to pick up more pet hair than a typical vacuum. \u2014 Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com , 28 June 2022",
"The Good Housekeeping Institute Cleaning Lab has tested a wide array of vacuum models over the years, from stick vacuums to HEPA vacuums to robot vacuums, vacuums for pet hair , and so much more. \u2014 Sarah Bogdan, Good Housekeeping , 28 June 2022",
"The legendary billboard queen of Los Angeles is well-known for her larger-than-life appearance, with breasts, hair and makeup that could only be rivaled by a Barbie doll or drag queen. \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 27 June 2022",
"Below, revisit some key red-carpet moments where silver hair took the spotlight. \u2014 Hannah Coates, Vogue , 27 June 2022"
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"Stephanie attends a vocational high school, where students can learn trades like carpentry, plumbing or hairdressing . \u2014 CBS News , 15 May 2022",
"Born on August 25, 1943, in Hollywood, White graduated from Hollywood High and broke into a world of hairdressing dominated by men like Jon Peters and Vidal Sassoon. \u2014 Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter , 5 May 2022",
"Oksana Topol, 36, learned hairdressing from her neighbor, Oksana Krugylak, in the town of Zhovti Vody in Central Ukraine. \u2014 Amandas Ong, ELLE , 3 May 2022",
"Fred nicks himself shaving with an electric razor, and Kate\u2019s held up back at the hotel for an especially intense hairdressing session, but other than that things are running smoothly. \u2014 Karen Schoemer, SPIN , 1 May 2022",
"And spending on intracity mass transit, water transportation and hairdressing and personal grooming is still less than two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels. \u2014 Gad Levanon For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN , 25 Apr. 2022",
"In the case of this exhibition the Palais de Lom\u00e9 asked us to explore traditional hairdressing techniques from the twentieth century. \u2014 Rica Cerbarano, Vogue , 2 Mar. 2022",
"But the technical part of hairdressing doesn't motivate me. \u2014 Paige Stables, Allure , 17 Jan. 2022",
"Several major characters played by non-professionals include genderqueer Tat\u00edn, in real life from a neighbouring village to Atotonilco, who takes on the fictional role of the owner of a thriving hairdressing salon. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 12 Jan. 2022"
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"He has written many beautiful haiku .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Along with generous tips, the most tangible form of appreciation, Clarke hopes her haiku \u2019s bring joy to the recipients. \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 23 June 2022",
"His brother spoke to him through a loudspeaker; his father left him a haiku . \u2014 Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker , 16 June 2022",
"Indeed, around the same time, Auden wrote a famous haiku , and Frank Loesser a famous couplet, about the binding drink of the era, the Martini. \u2014 Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Journey through the history of haiku and other forms of Japanese micro-poetry, from frogs to Zen meditation to clandestine feudal love letters. \u2014 courant.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
"He is known for translating IPCC reports into haiku . \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Oct. 2021",
"The chair was a phenomenologist named Marvin Philips, a plump man of collared shirts and timeworn corduroy who, it was rumored, had run aground in philosophy and now spent his days writing haiku . \u2014 Joshua Ferris, The New Yorker , 30 May 2022",
"In many ways Strange is a mess, and probably 20 minutes too long at two hours (which, in Marvel math, is still practically a haiku ). \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 6 May 2022",
"Joe, get like a haiku or like a motivational saying texted to you. \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 25 Apr. 2022"
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"\u2014 Burt Constable",
"\u2014 often used before another noun hairstyling products Okay, here's your daily reminder that switching up your hairstyling routine doesn't need to be a daunting task. \u2014 Ruby Buddemeyer and Sami Roberts"
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"the latest trends in hairstyling",
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"Their terms have not been without controversy, most recently over the handling of Slapgate, as well as eight pre-telecast presentations of categories including score, film editing and makeup and hairstyling , during April\u2019s Academy Awards ceremony. \u2014 Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter , 1 June 2022",
"In a TikTok video posted on Monday, the Legally Blonde actress tested out an unconventional hairstyling trick: blow drying her wet hair with a car window rolled down. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 7 June 2022",
"GH Beauty, Health and Sustainability Lab Director Birnur Aral, Ph.D. has 15 years of experience leading clinical and consumer testing in the Beauty Lab, including the testing of anti-frizz hairstyling and haircare products. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 3 June 2022",
"To date, the show has garnered 42 NAACP Image Awards amongst 70 nominations, 25 Emmy nominations with a contemporary hairstyling win, a Peabody, a 2015 Television Academy Honors award and a Golden Globe for Tracee Ellis Ross. \u2014 Reginald Ponder, Variety , 17 May 2022",
"Vicky Shelton has been in the hairstyling game for 15 years. \u2014 Danielle James, Allure , 11 May 2022",
"Tapia, who won several hairstyling competitions, has owned day spas and hair salons in North County for 50 years and has been at his current location for 30 years. \u2014 Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune , 5 May 2022",
"In addition to making wine and trouble shooting at Helioterra, Harris runs her successful hairstyling business at Mod Salon in North Portland. \u2014 Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Oscars will be handed out in 23 categories, from best picture to best director, along with the acting categories and crafts categories including best sound, best production design, best makeup and hairstyling and best visual effects. \u2014 Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Mar. 2022"
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": harewood sense 2":[]
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": a Roman Catholic prayer to the Virgin Mary that consists of salutations and a plea for her intercession":[],
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"\u2014 often used figuratively The only potential cure is a stem-cell transplant, when you take somebody else's immune system and put it into yours. But right now that's kind of a Hail Mary pass . \u2014 Douglas Cote , quoted in Bicycling"
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"He threw up a Hail Mary at the end of the first half."
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"translation of Medieval Latin Ave, Maria , from the opening words":""
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"1892\u20131975 Ras Tafari emperor of Ethiopia (1930\u201336; 1941\u201374)":[]
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": a voluminous piece of usually white cloth worn as an outer garment in northern Africa":[]
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"Arabic \u1e25\u0101'ik":""
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"1713, in the meaning defined above":""
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": small shot that scatters like hail":[]
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"Middle English hayle shotte":""
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": a very thin space used in printing (as the \u00b9/\u2082-point copper space or the 1-point brass space)":[],
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"definitions":{
": insurance against loss resulting from damage by hail especially to growing crops":[]
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"hail entry 1":""
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"definitions":{
": the distance within which it is possible to hear someone who is calling out":[
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": a pellet of hail":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"On April 12, severe storms in Central Texas produced a 5.6-inch hailstone and an EF3 tornado in Salado. \u2014 Tim Fitzsimons, NBC News , 9 May 2022",
"The heaviest hailstone ever recorded was 2.25 pounds and fell in Gopalganj district, Bangladesh, in 1986. \u2014 Doyle Rice, USA TODAY , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office also posted a photo of a hailstone the size of a baseball, with the Facebook post drawing in further comments from people in the area who were also slammed by huge hail. \u2014 Paul Douglas, Star Tribune , 27 July 2021",
"The longer a thunderstorm\u2019s updraft\u2014the warm, unstable air feeding the storm its energy\u2014can sustain the weight of a hailstone , the larger the chunk of ice can grow as water freezes on it in layers. \u2014 Dennis Mersereau, Forbes , 31 May 2021",
"Brady wasn\u2019t sure of the exact location of the hailstone in Hondo. \u2014 Kelli Smith, Dallas News , 7 May 2021",
"The National Weather Service says a giant hailstone that dropped from the sky last week during a storm near San Antonio may have broken Texas records. \u2014 Kelli Smith, Dallas News , 7 May 2021",
"In your reports, please include the time, location, hailstone size, and a photo if possible. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 17 Mar. 2021",
"The record-setting hailstone fell that made Coffeyville, KS famous. \u2014 Paul Douglas, Star Tribune , 2 Sep. 2020"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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": a storm accompanied by hail":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The cold snap that accompanied the hailstorm seems to have damaged a whole range of otherwise hardy plants that were in a particularly sensitive stage of development. \u2014 oregonlive , 23 Apr. 2022",
"After stunning the Warriors Thursday with a fourth-quarter hailstorm of 3-pointers on the way to a 120-108 win in Game 1 of the Finals, a sweep is the furthest thing from the Celtics\u2019 minds. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"There are two versions, or perhaps two miracles: that after a hailstorm destroyed crops in a Polish town, Hyacinth told people to pray, and the next day, the crops were intact, and the locals made pierogis for the future saint. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 May 2022",
"Teicher, dressed casually in overalls and a T-shirt, adds a layer of rhythm, with shuffles, slides and spins, a freestyle approach that gives way to an exuberant hailstorm of rapid footwork, punctuating the piano composition with percussive taps. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Feb. 2022",
"Also, Terri helps treat hundreds of lorikeets injured by a hailstorm and Robert and Chandler bake a special treat for the Irwin women in this new episode of the unscripted series. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 8 Jan. 2022",
"Ninety-three people are killed when thousands of soccer fans surge into locked stadium exits to escape a sudden hailstorm in Kathmandu, Nepal. \u2014 Dom Calicchio, Fox News , 7 Nov. 2021",
"According to his lawsuit, USAA declined to pay for a replacement roof after a hailstorm . \u2014 Dave Lieber, Dallas News , 23 July 2021",
"The hailstorm of expenses such as staffing, training, managing and maintaining an office can put a big dent in your profit margins. \u2014 Vito Vishnepolsky, Forbes , 29 Sep. 2021"
