muss
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As always, Lorenzo is more than happy to muss up the expected, to push the boundaries while still respecting the core traditions of the art form.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025
At one place, you might be able to walk in and out the door with a pet, no muss, no fuss.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
“It’s exactly the effect with none of the muss and fuss,” she said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022
Now that the multiverse has been breached, Marvel’s in a position to easily weave basically all of its recent stories into the MCU no fuss no muss.
From The Verge ● May 19, 2022
She would have given anything if Jon had been here to call her "little sister" and muss her hair.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
It cuts away when wind musses the hair of Xi Jinping, the Chinese president.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2019
A low-key vibe pervades the shop—when a young boy musses a pile of garments, he gets nothing more than a beatific smile from the sales staff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2019
Southern humidity has everybody sweating through their shirts, but no perspiration musses Adora’s Veronica Lake waves.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2018
She once read an online comment observing that she has a “short forehead,” and it’s true, though she so frequently musses her impressively thick, straight hair that it’s hard to notice.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 25, 2016
Lourdes musses her filthy hair, trying to blend in with the homeless and not get singled out by police.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Like the hypnotically minimalist drama that contains Friedel’s restrained performance, the Höss we meet is immaculately presented, his hair never mussed, his manner often serene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
Baker: I can’t shake the image of Colorado defenseman Cale Makar escaping Tuesday’s home opener with nary a mussed hair beneath his helmet.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
He’s so in love with the shoes that he’s reluctant to do anything in them, sitting out a pickup game for fear they’ll get mussed.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
He was a child actor who played a skiing country kid with mussed hair in the 2014 blockbuster “The Taking of Tiger Mountain.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2022
His dark hair is mussed, and the edge of his mouth moves in and out of a smile.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
He scratched it, mussing his hair even further.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020
Mr. Macdonald saw this up close two years ago when his pal Jimmy Fallon was criticized for playfully mussing then-candidate Mr. Trump’s hair on “The Tonight Show.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2018
What does concern me are those who are not comedians but are deemed knowledgable commentators, journalists, news people etc., who are basically doing the same thing - mussing with Trump's hair.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2016
Schneider went behind Idzik, further mussing his hair as the coach laughed.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2011
Ilya interrupted Anya’s thoughts with a huge hand on her kerchief, mussing her hair.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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