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[shag] / ʃæg /














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One of the pieces in the exhibition is an A-line shag mini dress in cheetah print that Saar made for herself in 1969, and has been passed through the hands of her daughters and granddaughters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

They spread poster boards across the cream-colored shag rug, shook up their paint pens and started to craft their messages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

An era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns, it marked the passage from progress to reaction.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

In 2018, there were also claims that Australians tried to rig the contest in favour of the shag - a species of cormorant.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

Two huge beanbags rested atop the hot-pink shag rug that Twig’s mom hates but we love.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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