sideburns

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BBC Radio 2's Mills joked: "I am playing the role of James from The Traitors, and my fake earring is absolutely killing me, although I am getting quite used to these really big sideburns!"

From BBC • Mar. 19, 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 May 2024, Obeng’s supervisor sent him home to shave his sideburns and then return, according to the filing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

“Lauren is sure she doesn’t know what Gladstone’s sideburns looked like. What did Gladstone do? How racist was he? Does she have a problematic cat? This is perhaps not her most pressing issue.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

Looking straight at him, all I saw were two overlapping ears and mirror-image sideburns.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan