coif
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Natwick initially designed Betty as a dog’s head on the curvaceous figure of a woman and modeled her flapper hairdo on Kane’s own coif.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
His famous coif might be styled to look some version of presentable on TV, but it’s not all that surprising that it looks a little thin from below.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2025
The appearance of Bankman-Fried, who sat with his lawyers, has changed dramatically recently as he has lost weight and trimmed his well-known wild coif into a tightly cropped look more traditional among financial professionals.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
Bankman-Fried’s appearance has changed dramatically in recent months as he has lost weight and trimmed his well-known wild coif into a tightly cropped look more traditional in the world of finance.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
A few black curls peek out from under her coif.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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By the early aughts, erstwhile edgy rock stars like Courtney Love and Nina Gordon swapped their torn fishnets and rumpled slip dresses for French manicures and blown-out coifs.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026
She was uncomfortable being tall, and the long, bouncing, curly brown hair that has become one of the most recognizable coifs in women’s basketball wasn’t so admired in high school.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2022
K-pop’s influence is apparent in its tightly choreographed music videos and highly stylized coifs.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
The sisters epitomized a 1950s sensibility that held up a standard of unreal perfection, wearing identical coifs, dresses and smiles, moving with synchronized precision and blending voices in wholesome songs for simpler times.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2021
He was followed by four guardsmen in mailed shirts and coifs, and Joseth, a stick-thin stableman whom Robb had named master of horse while Hullen was away.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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Timotheé Chalamet's pale visage and perfectly coifed curls may be the face of the "Dune" franchise, but another powerhouse has emerged.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2024
Each of the three lids sports neatly coifed lawns with dense rings of decorative planting — Japanese snowball, David viburnum, cranesbill geraniums, Chinese barberry.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023
But she also walks into every room with her perfectly coifed head held high.
From Salon ● May 6, 2023
Until then, he said, the coifed and curated hair on his upper lip will remain his signature look, with a little help from some shaping wax.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2023
Tee cringed and then rolled her eyes beneath her perfectly coifed pompadour.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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Of the beautifully coiffed Patrick Mouratoglou, who coached Ms. Williams, the author writes, “don’t step between him and a television camera.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
His outsider model was adopted wholesale, including by the similarly coiffed Abelardo de la Espriella, whom a few Colombian commentators have jokingly dubbed the "Temu Bukele."
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
But when she arrives at Iona’s apartment, Andie is shocked to see that a coiffed perm, light makeup, a sensible suit and a string of pearls have replaced her friend’s beehives and gelled spikes.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
Equally, while Requiem will see the carefully coiffed Leon return to old haunts such as Racoon City's police department from the second game, he and Grace will still explore plenty of new locations too.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Mrs. Levy was adjusting a coiffed black wig over the old woman’s thin hair.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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I pulled out my recorder as her blond curls bounced with the effortless ease of a superstar whose hairstylist had spent hours coiffing each individual curl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2021
If the world was really ending, it would probably sound a bit like your post-shower coiffing routine.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2018
That was clear as Keisel plowed through the crowd with a microphone labeled “Head and Shoulders,” and asked deadpan questions of the various Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks about their coiffing habits.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2014
It's no wonder animals with names like Beast or Chappie get the farm version of luxury spa pampering - shelter from summer heat, baths with pricey shampoos and careful coiffing with electric razors.
From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2013
But often the problem was with the inmates—they could take forever with showering, shaving, and coiffing, trying to get together the perfect self-presentation.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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Earring Magic Ken was Mattel’s attempt at making Ken cool by coifing his hair, piercing his left ear and adding a controversial necklace.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023
He looked coldly on the twenty-one celebrated pictures in which Le Brun had represented on the coifing of the gallery of Versailles the exploits of Lewis.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
None of the daughters are so fair as this, Nor stand with such a grace majestical; She in her locks is like the travelling sun, Setting, all clad in coifing clouds of gold.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Jean Ingelow
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