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Recent Examples of big hair
But that strange mix of nostalgia and ridicule Shlesinger’s script shows for certain Texas customs (big hair, oversize pickup trucks and bladder-challenging beverage containers)?
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
The Lost Boys is one of Schumacher's most deliciously gonzo films, an unceasingly fun roller coaster ride of fangs, big hair, and brilliantly gooey practical effects.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Kardashian likes to make a big hair change during Paris Fashion Week.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Oct. 2025
Instead of finding helpful advice about her changing body, Tarpley saw models with big hair and emaciated figures.
—Alicia Garceau, NPR, 10 Aug. 2025
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
The Lost Boys is one of Schumacher's most deliciously gonzo films, an unceasingly fun roller coaster ride of fangs, big hair, and brilliantly gooey practical effects.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Kardashian likes to make a big hair change during Paris Fashion Week.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Oct. 2025
Instead of finding helpful advice about her changing body, Tarpley saw models with big hair and emaciated figures.
—Alicia Garceau, NPR, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big hair
Noun
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While Republicans made the tax cuts for the wealthy permanent, these minor tax cuts for a few ordinary Americans are short-lived.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
8 July 2025
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But that is still a sizable market; a 2020 analysis found that 10.5 million Americans used home hair permanents and relaxers, and clients are still having their hair relaxed at salons.—
Linda Villarosa Robin Miles Krish Seenivasan Alec K. Redfearn,
New York Times,
13 June 2024
Noun
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But there were more gray and graying, bald and balding heads in the church than those with crew cuts or thick hair.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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Their head coach, Curt Cignetti, perpetually scowling beneath his 1950s crew cut, is fuel for countless memes.—
Keith O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Chicken and pickle sandwich with whole grain bun, wedge potatoes, beans, Mandarin oranges, milk.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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At Out West in West Philly, don’t miss the lamb sausage stacked with over-medium egg, cheese, and strawberry harissa jam sandwiched in a potato bun.—
Regan Stephens,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 May 2026
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When Kendal Sager lifts the top of her beehive, tens of thousands of bees waggle across the honeycomb — their cells filled with bright yellow, orange and pink pollen collected from flowers in Sager's neighborhood.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
20 May 2026
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Sosie says, 'Dad, hey, there's a beehive.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
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His pug, Thor, lives with Brenda’s sister.—
Nichole Manna,
ProPublica,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dog breeds like pugs and French and English bulldogs now have significantly altered skull shapes that result in serious, and even life-threatening, issues created by our value of aesthetics.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And the first picture that came in was this buzz cut, crazy, goggle-wearing character.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Paul, also sporting a buzz cut now, runs to the top of a plinth, high above a massive, cheering crowd.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
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The actress styled her new blonde hair in an elegant chignon on the set of her show Off Weeks.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
21 May 2026
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Long hair will only give a classic chignon even more room to run.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 May 2026
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On March 2—one day before debuting her new pageboy bob at Paris Fashion Week—Hadid made her grand entrance in a pair of straight-leg jeans that stop well above the ankle, showing off much of her beige crew sock and the entire tongue of her black loafers.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
7 Mar. 2026
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The movie begins in 1989, when Martin was just out of her teens and fighting in Toughwoman contests, and spans 22 years, providing all sorts of opportunities for ungainly period hairstyles, from a ragged pageboy to a curly mullet to a frizzy shag.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Big hair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20hair. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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