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Recent Examples of pigtail
In the clip, which played along to audio from The Kardashians of Kim Kardashian talking about her sister Kourtney Kardashian copying her, Lizzo posed and modeled two extra-long pigtails while wearing a white off-the-shoulder dress, sparkly silver eyeshadow and pink blush.
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Her face was still painted, but her jester’s cap was replaced by two massive, blonde pigtails.
—Abraham Josephine Riesman, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
To go with her white Gucci slip dress, with crystal spaghetti straps and girly bow detail, Fanning wore her hair in a voluminous pigtail style that looks time-warped right from the 1960s.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2024
The actress also wore a retro bouffant with pigtails, channeling ’60s style icon Brigitte Bardot.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Her face was still painted, but her jester’s cap was replaced by two massive, blonde pigtails.
—Abraham Josephine Riesman, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
To go with her white Gucci slip dress, with crystal spaghetti straps and girly bow detail, Fanning wore her hair in a voluminous pigtail style that looks time-warped right from the 1960s.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2024
The actress also wore a retro bouffant with pigtails, channeling ’60s style icon Brigitte Bardot.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigtail
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The aircraft skidded along the highway, narrowly missing a long queue of morning traffic, and was followed by a thick plume of smoke.—
Ana Melgar,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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The big picture: Roughly 2,600 gigawatts of project proposals — more than twice the power capacity currently supplying the grid — were in the interconnection queue at the end of 2023, DOE estimated.—
Daniel Moore,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
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Box Braids & Protective Styles Box braids, cornrows, and other protective styles have been staples in Black hair culture for centuries, symbolizing heritage and resilience.—
Lyric Christian,
Essence,
16 Jan. 2025
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What emerged, were inspired styling choices like wet-look bobs, buttons sewn into cornrows, and the return of the spiky messy bun.—
Angela Law,
refinery29.com,
5 June 2024
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So no, Shane Gillis being hired and then fired in 2019 before ever taking the Studio 8H stage didn’t make the cut, but Adrien Brody’s bizarre dreadlocks definitely did.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Moody, wearing dreadlocks and a contagious smile, can’t stop scoring, averaging 32.7 points per game.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Pigtail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigtail. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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