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pixie

[pik-see] / ˈpɪk si /


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A highlight: watching Tinkerbell sprinkle pixie dust on his infant twins during an evening parade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Seberg’s haircut in the original film, a super-short, blond pixie cut, rewrote fashion trends around the world and encapsulated a spirit of youthful, diffident insouciance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025

Musk’s association with his companies is like market pixie dust, which is why Tesla’s board of directors has bent over backwards to give him money he doesn’t need in an effort to keep him happy.

From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025

In the photo, Halsey adorns a spunky pixie haircut and overplucked skinny eyebrows to pay homage to O'Riordan's cherry red short hairdo and overall '00s punk rock aesthetic.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024

It seemed the pixies had nested in my chimney, and now that they were waking, the whole cottage had become one big, swarming pixie nest.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Dominic: It’s a little like when Professor Lockhart released that swarm of Cornish pixies in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”: They’re everywhere and constantly in your face.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

The work is dizzying, requiring you to constantly look down at your feet and then back at the trees, straining to find creatures that feel as mythical as pixies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2022

Jack teams up with a team of elves, fairies, pixies and sprites to infiltrate the bowels of the wicked great tree of life for a final confrontation with the devilish Lord.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2021

"It's scarcely worth having a name for. I don't have a name for not believing in pixies."

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2019

The fire doesn’t crack and even the pixies are still.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff


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