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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

As the world’s biggest fan of Peter Watkins’s twisted and superb “Edvard Munch,” I harbor a soft spot for filmmakers who muss up the perfectly coifed looks and reassuring habits of biographical films.

From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021

His brown hair is swept back so meticulously and abundantly that it almost dares you to muss it.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2020

Or else, as my friend Kevin would say, the other countries would push us around in a circle and muss our hair.

From Salon ● May 10, 2020

He would give anything to be with her now, to muss up her hair once more and watch her make a face, to hear her finish a sentence with him.

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

He reaches over and musses up my hair.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

The Meta boss appeared in a dark suit and gray tie, his signature chestnut curls slightly mussed, darting occasional nervous looks at the jury and the 20-year-old plaintiff, who sat in the courtroom gallery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

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

Britain’s former prime minister Boris Johnson, who took on the task of Brexit, was essentially a giant mop of mussed blond hair.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2022

His mussed brown curls and full lips gave him an air of innocence, but his hazel eyes were as hard and wary as those of a meadow viper, his handsome face all sharp edges.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

“It’s Reege mussing up wrestling manager Freddie Blassie’s hair and getting a chair tossed at him; shadowboxing with Razor Ruddock; weightlifting with Joe Piscopo; jousting with American Gladiators Lace and Gemini.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2020

He scratched it, mussing his hair even further.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020

Others expressed happiness in a way that a big brother would, figuratively mussing the hair of his younger sibling.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2019

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

He snickered and, after mussing my hair, bounded off after the other two.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer