wig
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Other notable audience members, including Madonna and Michelle Obama, followed, while actors such as Maya Rudolph, Bowen Yang and Tituss Burgess signed up to don Mary’s ringlet wig as the Broadway run stretched on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
He'd tried wearing a wig in early screen tests, but it looked ratty and - in the end - Star Trek's founder Gene Roddenberry told him to ditch it.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Previously prom-perfect in a slinky dress, glossy wig and sparkling tiara for a Cinespia screening of the 1976 horror classic “Carrie,” Monáe’s dousing was of her own volition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
She dons makeup, a wig, high heels and a pseudonym.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
I put the wig back in its box too.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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"Women wanted natural-looking wigs and they just weren't available. They looked like helmets!"
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 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
The Witchlings held on to their wigs as they hustled out of the Hall of Elders and to the nearest mudbean shop.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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“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
This is not going to affect us, why is everyone so wigged out about it?’
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2020
Call his parents and ask if he’s still wigged out by noises like a food processor.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2019
“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
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after a wigging incident on set at "The Domestics" in 2016.
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
I say, Uncle, I'm afraid I must trouble you for that wigging at once, if I'm going to catch my train back.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 16th, 1893 by Various
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