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coif

[kwahf, koif] / kwɑf, kɔɪf /


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That afternoon in 2025, with his shellacked coif flapping against his bronzed forehead in the wind, the president held up hastily-assembled poster boards bearing the names of the world’s countries and territories.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026

His famous coif might be styled to look some version of presentable on TV, but it’s not all that surprising that it looks a little thin from below.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2025

The appearance of Bankman-Fried, who sat with his lawyers, has changed dramatically recently as he has lost weight and trimmed his well-known wild coif into a tightly cropped look more traditional among financial professionals.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

Bankman-Fried’s appearance has changed dramatically in recent months as he has lost weight and trimmed his well-known wild coif into a tightly cropped look more traditional in the world of finance.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

A bun, which he had fashioned out of an un-even coif and tried to angle forward, did not hide the fact that his hairline was in full retreat.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

By the early aughts, erstwhile edgy rock stars like Courtney Love and Nina Gordon swapped their torn fishnets and rumpled slip dresses for French manicures and blown-out coifs.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026

She coifs a lot of bridal parties, most still headed to church.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023

She was uncomfortable being tall, and the long, bouncing, curly brown hair that has become one of the most recognizable coifs in women’s basketball wasn’t so admired in high school.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2022

Kardashian wore the gown to the Hollywood Beauty Awards, where her escort, hairstylist Chris Appleton, was honored for his work styling the coifs of stars including Kardashian, Katy Perry and Ariana Grande, People noted.

From Fox News ● Feb. 18, 2019

It gives me a twinge of sadness, of missing my mother, to see their colorful petticoats—indigo blue and saffron yellow—and white coifs.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Timotheé Chalamet's pale visage and perfectly coifed curls may be the face of the "Dune" franchise, but another powerhouse has emerged.

From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2024

The couple — he dressed casually, she in heels and with neatly coifed hair — shopped together on Fridays for years, always picking out two steaks for dinner before checking out in Hechler’s lane.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023

But she also walks into every room with her perfectly coifed head held high.

From Salon ● May 6, 2023

Once coifed, participants ring a bell to ask for a staff member to shoot their pic.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023

Tee cringed and then rolled her eyes beneath her perfectly coifed pompadour.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

She singled out the city’s dozens of tusi banquets—dinner theater shows sold as exotic cultural experiences, with slickly coiffed young Tibetan men wiggling across the stage to hip-hop beats for an appreciative, largely female audience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

One can only imagine the quick work happening backstage to get her hair coiffed amid costume changes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

His outsider model was adopted wholesale, including by the similarly coiffed Abelardo de la Espriella, whom a few Colombian commentators have jokingly dubbed the "Temu Bukele."

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Equally, while Requiem will see the carefully coiffed Leon return to old haunts such as Racoon City's police department from the second game, he and Grace will still explore plenty of new locations too.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

After a long pause, she raised her perfectly coiffed gray head.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

Meanwhile, 14 stylists are coiffing the hordes of background players using about 50 wigs designated for extras.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2019

If the world was really ending, it would probably sound a bit like your post-shower coiffing routine.

From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2018

That was clear as Keisel plowed through the crowd with a microphone labeled “Head and Shoulders,” and asked deadpan questions of the various Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks about their coiffing habits.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2014

It's no wonder animals with names like Beast or Chappie get the farm version of luxury spa pampering - shelter from summer heat, baths with pricey shampoos and careful coiffing with electric razors.

From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2013

But often the problem was with the inmates—they could take forever with showering, shaving, and coiffing, trying to get together the perfect self-presentation.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Earring Magic Ken was Mattel’s attempt at making Ken cool by coifing his hair, piercing his left ear and adding a controversial necklace.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023

None of the daughters are so fair as this, Nor stand with such a grace majestical; She in her locks is like the travelling sun, Setting, all clad in coifing clouds of gold.

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Jean Ingelow

He looked coldly on the twenty-one celebrated pictures in which Le Brun had represented on the coifing of the gallery of Versailles the exploits of Lewis.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay


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