wig
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“I’m sure you’ve seen all the TikToks where everyone wears a wig to brunch,” said Nate Jones, a 29-year-old advertising strategist in Chicago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Another image criticised as an AI fake, shared on Instagram and X, depicted the late country singer without any make-up or a wig.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Kusama, instantly recognisable in her bright red wig and bold spotted outfits, worked well into old age from the psychiatric hospital in Tokyo where she lived voluntarily for the second half of her life.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
He applies his own makeup before being fitted for his first wig by hair and makeup supervisor Haley Richardson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The thought of little Cassiopeia in a white wig and judge’s robes, dispensing justice with the fair, firm confidence of a true Swanburne girl, made Penelope grin from ear to ear.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
To market herself, Kusama adopted an outlandish persona, donning brightly colored bobbed wigs, and red leotards or dot-covered gowns for public appearances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The voice, the songs, the smile, the wigs, the wit, the boundless energy, varied performances, unflagging generosity and palpable spirit of kindness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Unlike her famous wigs, rhinestones and stilettos, it wasn’t something she could, or would, remove.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Annual bilateral trade -- a significant component of which is wigs made in the North -- has reportedly recovered since the pandemic to almost $3 billion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
In one bedroom we find hundreds of the woman’s outfits, coats, pairs of shoes, a rainbow of wigs, enough makeup to paint a house.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
“I think it wigged me out subconsciously,” he recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
In any case, "Servant" wigged out enough of an audience to scare up a third season, which Apple TV+ announced prior to this week's second season premiere.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2021
Big dog wigs for big wigged dogs and dog bigwigs, little dog wigs for little wigged dogs and dog littlewigs!
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2018
Instead, Carson waddled out dressed and wigged like the talkative octogenarian Aunt Blabby.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 20, 2017
She thought I had, which is why she and Sam wigged out.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
“I was wigging out about it, and I realized this was not healthy and I needed to take a break from this watch for a few months and detach from the numbers.”
From Salon ● May 2, 2025
In Louis-Dreyfus, who starred opposite James Gandolfini in “Enough Said,” Holofcener has found the ideal collaborator, an actor gloriously adept at wigging out but also capable of conveying vulnerability with a persuasive honesty.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023
Miller had two of his touchdowns after halftime, wigging through a hole on an off-tackle run and dashed down the sideline for a 75-yard TD.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2021
It was once commonplace for studios to use stuntmen in wigs instead of female doubles, a practice known as wigging.
From Reuters ● May 6, 2021
Well, if it had been me, hanged if I wouldn't have taken the job, as the wigging is bound to come anyhow.
From The Path to Honour by Sydney C. Grier
