wig
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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
She dons makeup, a wig, high heels and a pseudonym.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 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
Her name was her brand, and so, too, was her profile: the full bosom and tiny waist, platinum wig and baubles like sprinkles on an ice cream cone, 5 feet tall standing in five-inch heels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
As soon as the elevator door closed and she was alone, Jule pulled off the wig.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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Antonia, who grew up on a council estate in west London, bought two wigs and went door to door selling them from the boot of her car.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Unlike her famous wigs, rhinestones and stilettos, it wasn’t something she could, or would, remove.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
"There is the risk of feeling unwell, but even when it comes to makeup and wearing wigs, we sweat, and it quickly becomes very difficult."
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
The East Coast parades were raucous affairs with participants including a shock rock band in two-foot fright wigs and neon body paint performing from a flatbed truck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
“She would make herself up and put on these wigs, but she never hurt a fly. On the contrary, until her last she always said the rosary for the salvation of sinners.”
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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“I think it wigged me out subconsciously,” he recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
This is not going to affect us, why is everyone so wigged out about it?’
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2020
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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“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
As soon as I glanced at it I saw that I was in for a wigging.
From Marguerite by J. Lewis (James Lewis) May
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