wig
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Previously prom-perfect in a slinky dress, glossy wig and sparkling tiara for a Cinespia screening of the 1976 horror classic “Carrie,” Monáe’s dousing was of her own volition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 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
Another image criticised as an AI fake, shared on Instagram and X, depicted the late country singer without any make-up or a wig.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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
It was a woman with white makeup on her face, a purple wig, and a giant red painted-on grin.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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Antonia says she saw a gap in the market when she was surrounded by "terrible" wigs while working in TV and film, including in the ITV series Bad Girls two decades ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 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
They were flanked by two big footmen in powdered wigs and braided coats, satin knee britches and white stockings.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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“I think it wigged me out subconsciously,” he recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
When he unwrapped the frozen foot, Mogli “would have gone through the door to get out the shop. And he wouldn’t come in here for weeks. He was absolutely wigged out.”
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2019
Instead, Carson waddled out dressed and wigged like the talkative octogenarian Aunt Blabby.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 20, 2017
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There are the extravagantly wigged and bearded king and prince of the Mitanni, Egypt’s enemies, Rick James and Rick James Jr. There’s a pharaoh’s girlfriend in a coma.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2015
She thought I had, which is why she and Sam wigged out.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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“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
It was ten minutes late, and though the adjutant would not read it till morning I knew I was in for a wigging.
From From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade by Frederic C. Curry
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