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wig

[wig] / wɪg /


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I remember sitting in a wig salon in Richmond as the owner, Amy Holt, gently brushed though my tangled hair as it was falling out in large lumps.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Seeing the wig for the first time felt surreal.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Mr. Tirola takes us back to Bernstein’s New England childhood, his father a “tyrant” who had emigrated, alone, from a Russian ghetto and found success in the hair and wig business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

In an episode of “Conan O’Brien Must Go,” O’Brien, dressed as Freud in a wig, fake beard and suit, visits the Freud Museum in Austria.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

She took off her black T-shirt and put on a white top, then slid the wig onto her head and tucked her hair inside.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart




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