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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 style is reminiscent of ‘60s style icons like Brigitte Bardot or Audrey Hepburn, who wore a similar style of pigtails in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 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 style is reminiscent of ‘60s style icons like Brigitte Bardot or Audrey Hepburn, who wore a similar style of pigtails in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigtail
Noun
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The aircraft skidded along the highway, narrowly missing a long queue of morning traffic, and was followed by a thick plume of smoke.—
Ana Melgar,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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The big picture: Roughly 2,600 gigawatts of project proposals — more than twice the power capacity currently supplying the grid — were in the interconnection queue at the end of 2023, DOE estimated.—
Daniel Moore,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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JoJo, who has light brown or dirty blond hair styled in cornrow braids, was last seen wearing a red Spider-Man jacket, dark gray pants and red and blue Crocs.—
Michael McGough,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Jan. 2025
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Think: her iconic cornrows, red lipstick, and winged eyeliner.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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One 911 call mentioned a Black man in his 20s with dreadlocks.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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In his recent arrest photo, Williams’ hair is in long dreadlocks and a scar on his nose is clearly visible.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Pigtail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigtail. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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