disheveled
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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
Leaving the library as the center of the museum’s north side, Mr. Adjaye made eight other slightly smaller pavilions, which he grouped in the form of a slightly disheveled tic-tac-toe board.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
At a party, she met the owner of a disheveled building in Queens, and asked if she could film there before they renovated it.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025
Mama walked by and ruffled Jessie’s already disheveled hair.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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