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[wig] / wɪg /


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I don’t remember why I wanted to wig, but I had long explanation for it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

He'd tried wearing a wig in early screen tests, but it looked ratty and - in the end - Star Trek's founder Gene Roddenberry told him to ditch it.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Last year, Netflix flew the 77-year-old from his home in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, to Brisbane, Australia, where he once again donned a green wig and overalls for the TV competition Wonka's The Golden Ticket.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

And one can only hope there was a wig wall somewhere inspired by Catherine O’Hara’s Moira Rose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

They watched as the base of the wig joined itself to her scalp, and then Sif stood in front of them even more radiant and beautiful than before.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

In addition, Moody’s team made 37 wigs and 25 beards for the main cast, and approximately 720 elf ears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

To market herself, Kusama adopted an outlandish persona, donning brightly colored bobbed wigs, and red leotards or dot-covered gowns for public appearances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Unlike her famous wigs, rhinestones and stilettos, it wasn’t something she could, or would, remove.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

"There is the risk of feeling unwell, but even when it comes to makeup and wearing wigs, we sweat, and it quickly becomes very difficult."

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

The wigs were so popular that the South Korean government banned the export of raw hair from its shores.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

“I think it wigged me out subconsciously,” he recalled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

In any case, "Servant" wigged out enough of an audience to scare up a third season, which Apple TV+ announced prior to this week's second season premiere.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2021

Big dog wigs for big wigged dogs and dog bigwigs, little dog wigs for little wigged dogs and dog littlewigs!

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2018

Instead, Carson waddled out dressed and wigged like the talkative octogenarian Aunt Blabby.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 20, 2017

She thought I had, which is why she and Sam wigged out.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

“I was wigging out about it, and I realized this was not healthy and I needed to take a break from this watch for a few months and detach from the numbers.”

From Salon ● May 2, 2025

In Louis-Dreyfus, who starred opposite James Gandolfini in “Enough Said,” Holofcener has found the ideal collaborator, an actor gloriously adept at wigging out but also capable of conveying vulnerability with a persuasive honesty.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023

Miller had two of his touchdowns after halftime, wigging through a hole on an off-tackle run and dashed down the sideline for a 75-yard TD.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2021

It was once commonplace for studios to use stuntmen in wigs instead of female doubles, a practice known as wigging.

From Reuters ● May 6, 2021

Something in the inspector's eye warns you, so you say "No" reluctantly to the impatient head-stevedore, for you're due for a wigging if this cargo's a waggon short of last voyage's.

From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Charles W. L. Bryde


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