wig
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But later that year he apologised for a costume he wore which included a black wig, beard and a fake hooked nose, which critics said was antisemitic.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
“I’m sure you’ve seen all the TikToks where everyone wears a wig to brunch,” said Nate Jones, a 29-year-old advertising strategist in Chicago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Kusama, instantly recognisable in her bright red wig and bold spotted outfits, worked well into old age from the psychiatric hospital in Tokyo where she lived voluntarily for the second half of her life.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
One of the only times Gardner says he’s ever worried about his safety was early in the run when, without thinking, he adjusted his wig with the flame on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
She yanked her wig off and started to stuff it into her backpack.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
I don’t know how Warhol thought of his wigs, but I wanted it to be a sort of emblem of protection for him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 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
Annual bilateral trade -- a significant component of which is wigs made in the North -- has reportedly recovered since the pandemic to almost $3 billion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
She wore elaborate wigs and talked real down home, with a heavy, deep accent full of “I ain’ts” and “Come owns.”
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
“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
This is not going to affect us, why is everyone so wigged out about it?’
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2020
Wiggly wigged dogs wiggling their dog wigs off their wiggly dog heads to the dismay of their dog wigmakers!
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2018
“Great. You got wigged out by a smell?”
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after a wigging incident on set at "The Domestics" in 2016.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2021
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
Phyllis chose to consider herself very much aggrieved by the wigging Monica had administered, and seeking out her chum, Dorothy, she confided her woes to her.
From Just Gerry by Christine Chaundler
