shag
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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
I’ve always appreciated a fur coat’s timeless and hedonistic glamour, and any lover of ’60s and ’70s fashion needs a shag coat to accompany their nights out in platform boots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
Now Britons are growing exasperated with a decorator whose tastes run to the intellectual equivalent of avocado-colored appliances and garish shag carpeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
The fulcrum of a cultural transition from vibrancy to stagnation was the 1970s, an era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
Behind her was the bookcase, filled with all of Raymie’s father’s books, and behind that was the yellow expanse of the shag carpet, which seemed to go on forever.
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
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As Team USA ran through its first World Baseball Classic workout, Kershaw participated in pitchers’ fielding practice and shagged fly balls during batting practice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
The Blackhawks tied it when Khaira shagged the puck off a bank pass, skated into the zone and fired a wrist shot far side and under Lehner’s right arm at 4:38 of the second.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2022
I got my love of golf from my father, who has been around the game so long that he once shagged balls for Ben Hogan.
From Golf Digest ● May 5, 2020
A ballboy named Brady and three others that looked like they shared the name shagged flat jumpers for George 45 minutes before tip Wednesday, as onlookers stood by.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2017
And then Danny got up and Horace Clarke pitched and Joe Pepitone and I shagged balls in the outfield.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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Cubs: OF Cody Bellinger is taking batting practice and shagging balls in the outfield, and he’ll continue to ramp up his baseball activity before a probable rehab stint in the minors.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
A few minutes later, he saw infield duo CJ Abrams and Luis García shagging flyballs.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
“Ryan basically was their little gofer boy,” Kristi said, “running around, shagging balls, running the bases, getting the balls for the big brothers, and he just learned the game very, very young.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
White Sox: Velasquez was placed on the 10-day IL after straining his left groin while shagging balls in the outfield Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
Mariners: CF Kyle Lewis is shagging flyballs and ramping up his baseball activities as he works back from a torn right meniscus that has sidelined him since June 1.
From Fox News ● Aug. 24, 2021