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shoelaces

  • plural
    of shoelace.
    shoelace
    noun
    a string or lace for fastening a shoe.

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Whether it's self-made or forced upon you, the decision about which football team to support is usually taken before you learn to ride a bike or even tie your shoelaces.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026

They focused on genes involved in building telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes that Levine compares to the plastic tips on shoelaces.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026

He showed her how to use one of her shoelaces to fashion a wick.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

His growing eccentricity, which included untied shoelaces and hair that spiked out in all directions, completed the stock image of a distracted scientist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

It ran faster than any computer she’d ever had, could access satellites or Hephaestus-TV broadcasts from Mount Olympus, and ran custom-made programs that could do just about anything except tie shoelaces.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan