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frizzy

[friz-ee] / ˈfrɪz i /
ADJECTIVE
curly
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But in a 1989 profile by the US Drug Enforcement Administration, he has frizzy hair and rougher features.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

With her long, frizzy hair, musicality and earth-mother vibe, Ms. King fit in, though she was comparatively unfree, being “a single mother when most of the women around her were not.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

A note by Weeden of the briefing said only the following in relation to planned surveillance on the prime suspects: "Photos, is there a guy with frizzy hair?"

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2023

The other, Sammi Hanratty, portraying the marvelously weird Misty, knelt behind, her frizzy blond hair aglow, bringing unspeakable news from beyond the cabin’s walls.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2023

I can see her light-blue jeans, her ponytail frizzy from the humidity of the laundromat where she works.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi




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