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braided

British  
/ ˈbreɪdɪd /

adjective

  1. (of a river or stream) flowing in several shallow interconnected channels separated by banks of deposited material

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Today, she is a pop-culture icon whose indigenous fashion, famous unibrow and braided updos are as commercialized as her artistic output.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The teen is wearing black glasses and braided hair styled in a bun with blue highlights.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

She’s also become a pop-cultural style icon, revered for the way she wore Mexican folk dress and braided her hair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Hemingway wrote of long braided strands of garlic around the necks of San Fermín revelers.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Just as my fingers closed around the braided leather cord, Grigori landed atop me.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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