muss
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“It’s exactly the effect with none of the muss and fuss,” she said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 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
The customary thing would be for him to play some uncustomary role in a hit HBO series, or get into a Marvel project or something where he’d have to muss up his hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2021
Or else, as my friend Kevin would say, the other countries would push us around in a circle and muss our hair.
From Salon ● May 10, 2020
He remembered suddenly how he used to muss Arya's hair.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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
Linda McMahon, the former pro wrestling executive who served as director of the Small Business Administration under Trump, told of a meeting where one of his grandchildren climbed onto his lap and mussed his hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
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
He’s so in love with the shoes that he’s reluctant to do anything in them, sitting out a pickup game for fear they’ll get mussed.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
By then, Olson’s legacy was exactly like his hair: just about perfect, except when briefly mussed.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2020
He’s on the edge of the cot, his bare feet crossed and his red hair mussed.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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
Schneider went behind Idzik, further mussing his hair as the coach laughed.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2011
He snickered and, after mussing my hair, bounded off after the other two.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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