shaggy
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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
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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
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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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