beard
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He turned out to be an ordinary-looking 56-year-old man with a buzz cut and salt-and-pepper beard.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
There was another dose of theatre when WBA 'Super' welterweight world champion Teofimo Lopez, disguised with a fake beard, stood among the crowd to ask a question before revealing himself to loud cheers.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Even with a bushy beard, Branagh’s face offers a window to Nick’s life of regrets and his sudden wild hope.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
He’s resisted the ritual of an unkempt retirement beard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
I let Teresita carry the orchids and follow her up to the stage, where Fidel waits for us, smiling and stroking his beard.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
I wasn’t surprised to learn the two men were close friends; they even look alike, with their long white beards and sparkling eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
He detested beards, thought them all fakes—his bearded Georgian father had died in 1937.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Above all, men have taken to facial hair—mustaches and beards, and usually both together—in loosely counted but clearly large numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
“A lot of wigs, costumes, beards — fake beards,” David said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
The beards of the young women are gone.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
That’s his superpower: He’s a bearded human worm.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Posted Wednesday to the official X account for DHS, the image created by artificial intelligence depicted the “Transformers” character opposite a bearded man wearing a bandanna over his hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Marsh harriers, bearded tits, flocks of waders and overwintering ducks and geese are a regular sight for visitors, along with otters, water voles, fen raft spiders, orchids and rare sharp-leaved pondweed.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Hidden in the basement of a supermarket, the thick smell of sweat hangs heavy in the air as she pushes weights alongside bearded muscle-men.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
He heard the gate closed behind him; and the bearded stranger was already helping Aravis off her horse.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
Some say this bearding trend began with the 1980s television series “Miami Vice,” wherein the actor Don Johnson sported a 5-o’clock shadow that was much commented on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
There’s talk of bearding dragons in their den and of forthcoming battles, plus a rather lovely foray into a deep cave system.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2016
Through a popular book and a starring role on IFC’s “Whisker Wars,” a seven-episode documentary series, Jack Passion, 28, has become the bushy face of the bearding game.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2011
Indeed, a pop star and a bearding champion had walked into a bar.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2011
The grey moss grew thickly here, covering the fallen stones in great mounds and bearding all the towers.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
