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[wig] / wɪg /


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White also posted pictures of himself wearing a wig, stating that he was embracing his “feminine era.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

"I may wear a wig if I'm dressing up, but usually I don't, and I get so many lovely compliments."

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

When the property was listed, images revealed an incredible glimpse inside the dwelling, which features a meditation room inside the primary suite, a climate-controlled wig room, a private gym, and a movie theater.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Tiara Jones contributed the essential wig and makeup design.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Next, Steve fit a wig of long, dark brown hair over Liddy’s head and snipped the edges to make it look natural.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

Annual bilateral trade -- a significant component of which is wigs made in the North -- has reportedly recovered since the pandemic to almost $3 billion.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Every year, thousands of people around the world don red robes – and in some cases long black wigs – for The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

His balding head’s scraggly hair—in contrast to the wigs worn by just about every Frenchman at the time, no matter the social class—is both ennobling and a bit enfeebling, like an aging but distinguished mane.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Obviously we’ve seen her wear wigs in the show.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

I started to whisper a comment about the big dresses and all the puffy wigs, but his attention was already locked on the picture.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

“I think it wigged me out subconsciously,” he recalled.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

This is not going to affect us, why is everyone so wigged out about it?’

From New York Times Mar. 19, 2020

Call his parents and ask if he’s still wigged out by noises like a food processor.

From Slate Mar. 29, 2019

Instead, Carson waddled out dressed and wigged like the talkative octogenarian Aunt Blabby.

From Washington Times Aug. 20, 2017

She thought I had, which is why she and Sam wigged out.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

In Louis-Dreyfus, who starred opposite James Gandolfini in “Enough Said,” Holofcener has found the ideal collaborator, an actor gloriously adept at wigging out but also capable of conveying vulnerability with a persuasive honesty.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2023

Following MacNair's lawsuit, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists launched an investigation into wigging cases, and concluded that wigging is "not acceptable and that this should not happen again."

From Salon Oct. 13, 2021

Miller had two of his touchdowns after halftime, wigging through a hole on an off-tackle run and dashed down the sideline for a 75-yard TD.

From Seattle Times Oct. 9, 2021

It was once commonplace for studios to use stuntmen in wigs instead of female doubles, a practice known as wigging.

From Reuters May 6, 2021

The captains all got a wigging for failing to keep us in hand; but they were powerless.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan




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