wig
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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
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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
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“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
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She thought I had, which is why she and Sam wigged out.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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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