tousle
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“She has expensive taste,” Nelson laughed, kneeling down to tousle Sadie’s fur.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
"You tousle its mane and pull its ears, but all the time you’re thinking, those claws, those claws, those claws."
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024
“The younger generation is interested in rollers to style their hair because they can tousle it to look modern and sophisticated,” he said.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021
Late-night host Jimmy Fallon has tried to live down his famed hair tousle interview of the then-candidate Trump.
From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2020
On the porch again, he kisses me and pants as I tousle his ears.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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