pixie
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Favorites by Diana Ross and Beyoncé are held up to the roar of the crowd before pixie dust is released from the musical’s original Broadway cast album.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
She accessorised the look with a spiky beach blonde pixie cut and stylish eyeglasses.
From BBC ● May 5, 2025
For Knox, freedom has meant accepting a mantle that her young, manic pixie self could never have envisioned.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2025
I might have named Edith Sim and instilled her with ambition, mischief, and a sassy pixie cut, but she selected her job—aspiring comedian—all on her own.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2024
Incongruously, beside him, a green-skinned pixie girl is dressed in what appears to be a pearl-gray slip dress and heavy lace-up boots—obviously mortal clothes.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Dominic: It’s a little like when Professor Lockhart released that swarm of Cornish pixies in “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”: They’re everywhere and constantly in your face.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
The work is dizzying, requiring you to constantly look down at your feet and then back at the trees, straining to find creatures that feel as mythical as pixies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2022
Jack teams up with a team of elves, fairies, pixies and sprites to infiltrate the bowels of the wicked great tree of life for a final confrontation with the devilish Lord.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2021
"It's scarcely worth having a name for. I don't have a name for not believing in pixies."
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2019
On it sat Siobhan and her pixies, heads down, looking glum.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
