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Recent Examples of pigtail
The actress also wore a retro bouffant with pigtails, channeling ’60s style icon Brigitte Bardot.
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Hannah Malach, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
Appearing earlier this week at the Los Angeles premiere of A Complete Unknown, Fanning made the case for pigtails on the red carpet.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
Her 1960s-style up-do was finished with a pair of tousled pigtails, secured with two crystal hair-ties which doubled as Fanning’s jewelry for the evening.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
The grand prize was awarded to Makayla Chambers, one of two female finalists, who wore her hair in pigtails, plus a spray-on beard and a fleece jacket.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Hannah Malach, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
Appearing earlier this week at the Los Angeles premiere of A Complete Unknown, Fanning made the case for pigtails on the red carpet.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
Her 1960s-style up-do was finished with a pair of tousled pigtails, secured with two crystal hair-ties which doubled as Fanning’s jewelry for the evening.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
The grand prize was awarded to Makayla Chambers, one of two female finalists, who wore her hair in pigtails, plus a spray-on beard and a fleece jacket.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigtail
Noun
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Vulcan may finally be on the cusp of delivering for the Space Force, but there are several military payloads in the queue to launch on Vulcan before GPS III SV-08, which was complete and in storage at its Lockheed Martin factory in Colorado.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2025
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Celestial Park, with its wide stretches of concrete pathways, and Isle of Berk, with its meandering walkways and uncovered queues, were both particularly hot under the blazing Florida sun.—
Adrian Ruhi,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Tyla wore her light brown hair up in a messy updo, her scalp in tight cornrows with the rest of her hair falling forward in big, loose curls.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
30 Mar. 2025
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Burberry’s Front Row Beauty at the Burberry show was stripped—little-to-no makeup, straight back cornrows, and nondescript manicures on models, including Naomi Campbell.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
26 Feb. 2025
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Private Collection is surprisingly bright for a Saba album, trading the trauma of 2018’s Care for Me and introspection of Few Good Things for songs about community, dating, and dreadlocks.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2025
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For some reason, during his hosting debut, Adrien Brody decided to introduce musical guest Sean Paul while wearing fake dreadlocks and using a Jamaican accent.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Pigtail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigtail. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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