coif
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That afternoon in 2025, with his shellacked coif flapping against his bronzed forehead in the wind, the president held up hastily-assembled poster boards bearing the names of the world’s countries and territories.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 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
Hochman sat in front of an antiseptic white background, well-lit in a pressed dark suit and close-trimmed coif.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
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
Like her, I dressed my hair in a long braid, which I sometimes tucked under a coif that I embroidered, rather crudely, with pansies.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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She coifs a lot of bridal parties, most still headed to church.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
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
Kardashian wore the gown to the Hollywood Beauty Awards, where her escort, hairstylist Chris Appleton, was honored for his work styling the coifs of stars including Kardashian, Katy Perry and Ariana Grande, People noted.
From Fox News ● Feb. 18, 2019
They’re each as enticingly grotesque as a caricature by Goya or Daumier, thanks in part to their distinctively disheveled coifs.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2018
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
Onscreen, as Elena, Winslet is coifed and practically corseted into form-fitting skirt suits, with lacquered fake nails.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
The couple — he dressed casually, she in heels and with neatly coifed hair — shopped together on Fridays for years, always picking out two steaks for dinner before checking out in Hechler’s lane.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
But she also walks into every room with her perfectly coifed head held high.
From Salon ● May 6, 2023
Tee cringed and then rolled her eyes beneath her perfectly coifed pompadour.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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The brutal homicide of America’s longest-running television newsmagazine was reported last week by its immaculately coiffed and richly compensated frontman Scott Pelley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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
But the runup has been dominated by the off-stage antics of the coiffed contestants and their Thai hosts, escalating into a feminist firestorm drawing the attention of Mexico's president.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
Lexie, usually so coiffed, was disheveled and wan, hair in a limp ponytail, and Mia had been so quick to shoo Izzy away.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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This Napa dog groomer is responsible for coiffing a Shih Tzu with more than half a million Instagram followers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2019
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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