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shaggy

[shag-ee] / ˈʃæg i /


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And one might even trace today’s would-be Rhaena Targaryens — and Daenerys emulators, we know you’re out there — to that shaggy flying dog.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

Having just nabbed the Pulitzer Prize, Bess Wohl’s where-did-the-feminist-movement-go-wrong? play “Liberation” seems the likely winner, and a worthy one, despite its shaggy and digressive structure.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

And although their shaggy boughs somewhat resemble teddy bears, they’re sharp if you step too close.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

Giant anteaters have black and white diagonal stripes, dense shaggy hair and super-sized snouts.

From BBC Apr. 1, 2026

The monarchs’ shaggy leaves, so high off the ground that normal forest fires never touched them, were burning like torches now.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Although Fredo, who was born in Estonia, bears some resemblance to an African leopard, Mr Mee said he is a "little taller with longer legs and a shaggier face".

From BBC Nov. 17, 2023

Decked out in a slim-fitting suit, his hair a little shaggier and his face a little craggier than when he first played Lt.

From New York Times May 20, 2022

It looked shaggier than usual, because its fronds aren’t being trimmed until the birds nesting in them move out.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2022

He predicted that smaller and less furry dogs could eventually be preferred over bigger, shaggier hounds that are prone to overheating and consuming more resources.

From Salon Oct. 11, 2021

A little shaggier, a little older, still energetically mad, he looked at the woman hurrying along the road with the sunset in her face.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

But the actors turned writer-directors have done their homework, setting up a “Friday the 13th” riff with a dash of “Wet Hot American Summer” that jokes its way through its shaggiest corners.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2023

Bobby’s hair had grown longer every year of the 1960s; now, at forty-two, he had the shaggiest hair in the United States Senate.

From MSNBC Nov. 7, 2017

The angriest and shaggiest man between the horizon and the nearest dust cloud is a fellow named Eric, played by Guy Pearce.

From New York Times Jun. 12, 2014

If the answer was Andrea Zuckerman, the shaggiest of the 90210 girls, that meant you had some work to do in the coming weeks.

From Slate Feb. 19, 2013

Looking out, she saw the cutest, shaggiest little pony standing on her front lawn!

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene




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