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dishevelment



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In a move that could easily be out of former UK prime minister Boris Johnson's sartorial playbook, Musk has gone for a hint of dishevelment on a serious and ceremonial day.

From BBC Jan. 20, 2025

Unlike Roman, who slicks his hair back but often refuses to wear a tie, Greg can’t pull off snotty dishevelment.

From The New Yorker Sep. 6, 2019

I sighed and, accepting my unavoidable state of dishevelment, entered the mansion itself.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 28, 2017

Even leaving aside the mystery of her pregnancy, Jones’s life is a reel of dishevelment that is only plausibly charming in an attractive person of a certain class in a remote and fictional setting.

From New York Times Oct. 17, 2016

They ran to the stands with their bright red shirts sticking out of their grass-stained pants in glorious dishevelment.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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