disheveled
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In thrall to her mission, June rents a dusty, disheveled storage room in town.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
The disheveled 58-year-old, who went by Tony, was a cousin of the recently deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
And while it didn’t exactly fly off the shelves, its concurrence with the height of the Seattle grunge music scene made the disheveled aesthetic a street-style must-have.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
A disheveled man sick of endless waiting launched into an eloquent tirade ending with Samuel Beckett -- "You know what happened in the story of Godot? He never came."
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
I looked at his disheveled hair, his heavy eyes fighting the dragging tide of sleep.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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