wig
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When the property was listed, images revealed an incredible glimpse inside the dwelling, which features a meditation room inside the primary suite, a climate-controlled wig room, a private gym, and a movie theater.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Tiara Jones contributed the essential wig and makeup design.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
There was Molly Hollis, a middle-aged, Midwestern former schoolteacher whose creation required body padding and a wig; a flamboyant redhead; a nearly invisible elderly woman; and, most uncannily, Reichl’s own mother.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
So when he heard on social media that Germans were congregating in Times Square, Altmeks readily pulled on a jersey of his hero Rudi Voller -- plus a wig mimicking the famed striker's blond curls.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
She herself I noticed had not taken off either her wig or her gloves or her shoes.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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“Our wigs were very helpful in what we call ‘hairography,’ where we can hide our face or swing our hair around,” says Wajih.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Every year, thousands of people around the world don red robes – and in some cases long black wigs – for The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Through her coaching service, Mann helps people explore wigs, scarves, or going completely bald, depending on their desires.
From Slate ● May 23, 2026
It showcases wigs, hand-sewn costumes and sets made using period techniques.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
These curious words are from the poem called “To a Mouse,” but the sentiment does not apply solely to rodents, or to wigs, for that matter.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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“I think it wigged me out subconsciously,” he recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
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What’s weird is that that joyful irreverance that I think of as so definitive of our national character is nowhere in our “official” cultural ouputs, except if you count the we-were-all-in-sydney-university-drama-society-together-in-1973 wigged impressions of politicians.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2017
“Great. You got wigged out by a smell?”
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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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
Following MacNair's lawsuit, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists launched an investigation into wigging cases, and concluded that wigging is "not acceptable and that this should not happen again."
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2021
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
Why, yes—I confess he gave me a tolerable wigging.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various