sideburns
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BBC Radio 2's Mills joked: "I am playing the role of James from The Traitors, and my fake earring is absolutely killing me, although I am getting quite used to these really big sideburns!"
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
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
In May 2024, Obeng’s supervisor sent him home to shave his sideburns and then return, according to the filing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025
“Lauren is sure she doesn’t know what Gladstone’s sideburns looked like. What did Gladstone do? How racist was he? Does she have a problematic cat? This is perhaps not her most pressing issue.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024
In four years he’s achieved more wrinkles, and the sideburns and mustache are graying further.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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