shag
Example Sentences
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That began with the shocked roar that met Rush’s first number, 1977’s “Xanadu,” a chugging slab of custom-van-tested shag splendor, akin to kicking off a trick show with the most dangerous stunt.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Now Britons are growing exasperated with a decorator whose tastes run to the intellectual equivalent of avocado-colored appliances and garish shag carpeting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
An era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns, it marked the passage from progress to reaction.
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025
Initial figures suggest the shag population is down by 75% on the inner islands, but there is some hope.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024
On the floor beside the bed was a round white shag rug.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
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