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Recent Examples of pleachPool Garden Linden trees are pleached and underplanted with liriope, while boxwood hedges frame pink annuals.—Owen Holmes, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
According to a Consumer Reports study, cancer-causing carcinogens were found in 10 of the most popular braiding hair brands.
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Essence,
Essence,
31 July 2025
Among the festivities, which attracted kids of all ages from kindergarten through 12th grade, were carnival rides, games, a bounce house, face painting and on-site haircuts and braiding services.
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Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
28 July 2025
Princess Charlotte, also 10, is known to plait her hair back with a braid on each side of her head, with the braids then tied with a ribbon or woven into a longer braid, also tied with a bow.
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Janine Henni,
People.com,
21 July 2025
If your stylist is plaiting your hair too tightly, be vocal and ask them to ease up.
In addition to a different date, the city is looking at a more favorable financial arrangement and speeding up the setup and breakdown times for the temporary race course, which plies a 12-turn, 2.2-mile circuit through Grant Park, down DuSable Lake Shore Drive and up Michigan Avenue.
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Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
During the golden age of ocean liners in the early 20th century, dozens of vessels plied these sea-lanes.
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