muss
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As always, Lorenzo is more than happy to muss up the expected, to push the boundaries while still respecting the core traditions of the art form.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025
At one place, you might be able to walk in and out the door with a pet, no muss, no fuss.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
Other than that, it’s no fuss, no muss.
From The Verge ● Aug. 9, 2022
As the world’s biggest fan of Peter Watkins’s twisted and superb “Edvard Munch,” I harbor a soft spot for filmmakers who muss up the perfectly coifed looks and reassuring habits of biographical films.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
At last the eye patch was finished, and Margaret adjusted it carefully so as not to muss Lady Constance’s elaborately upswept hair.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
It cuts away when wind musses the hair of Xi Jinping, the Chinese president.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2019
A low-key vibe pervades the shop—when a young boy musses a pile of garments, he gets nothing more than a beatific smile from the sales staff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2019
Southern humidity has everybody sweating through their shirts, but no perspiration musses Adora’s Veronica Lake waves.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2018
She once read an online comment observing that she has a “short forehead,” and it’s true, though she so frequently musses her impressively thick, straight hair that it’s hard to notice.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 25, 2016
He reaches over and musses up my hair.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
She appeared at our interview with opaque cat eye sunglasses and her signature shag haircut stylishly mussed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
Baker: I can’t shake the image of Colorado defenseman Cale Makar escaping Tuesday’s home opener with nary a mussed hair beneath his helmet.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
We came in and the bed was mussed.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2022
By then, Olson’s legacy was exactly like his hair: just about perfect, except when briefly mussed.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2020
She smiled, and with one hand reached up for his Jew-fro and mussed his hair like she was his aunt and he was a seven-year-old who'd just done something exceedingly cute.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
“It’s Reege mussing up wrestling manager Freddie Blassie’s hair and getting a chair tossed at him; shadowboxing with Razor Ruddock; weightlifting with Joe Piscopo; jousting with American Gladiators Lace and Gemini.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2020
He scratched it, mussing his hair even further.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020
Mr. Macdonald saw this up close two years ago when his pal Jimmy Fallon was criticized for playfully mussing then-candidate Mr. Trump’s hair on “The Tonight Show.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2018
We’re at the point now where Mr. Fallon has been widely criticized for being too apolitical — and was eviscerated for playfully mussing Mr. Trump’s hair.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2017
Peeta withdraws from Caesar, pulling back his hands, running them through his hair, mussing his carefully styled blond curls.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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