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dishevelled

VERB
mess up
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On Friday, he flipped his Range Rover on a quiet residential street on Florida's Jupiter Island and the world was treated to another dishevelled mugshot of one of sport's most famous faces.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2026

The incident led to the publication of a first dishevelled mugshot, a savage contrast to thousands of glorious pictures that had celebrated his status as an all-conquering champion.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2026

Alison said the men made it to the villa in a dishevelled state.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2025

But Mr Bennett told BBC Radio Kent that British officials saw his father was "dishevelled and had lost a lot of weight", while his mother was not walking well due to prison conditions.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2025

Ithilien, the garden of Gondor now desolate kept still a dishevelled dryad loveliness.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien



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