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as in hairy
covered with or as if with hair
a big, shaggy dog kept trying to lick my face
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Recent Examples of shaggy
Natasha Lyonne, who’s back as shaggy amateur detective Charlie Cale, was floored watching Erivo dip in and out of so many roles, which include a DJ, a professor, an artist, and an apple picker.
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
Mix together with a pair of chopsticks until all the flakes come together in a shaggy ball.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Welles, a singer-songwriter with a shaggy, dirty-blond mane and a sandpapery voice, has risen to recent prominence posting videos to social media of himself alone in the woods near his home in northwest Arkansas, performing wryly funny, politically engaged folk songs.
—David Peisner, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Average retail prices range from $215 to $495 for the line, which includes vibrant jackets with circular-type sleeves, miniskirts and a shaggy wool coat.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 10 Feb. 2025
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Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
Mix together with a pair of chopsticks until all the flakes come together in a shaggy ball.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Welles, a singer-songwriter with a shaggy, dirty-blond mane and a sandpapery voice, has risen to recent prominence posting videos to social media of himself alone in the woods near his home in northwest Arkansas, performing wryly funny, politically engaged folk songs.
—David Peisner, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Average retail prices range from $215 to $495 for the line, which includes vibrant jackets with circular-type sleeves, miniskirts and a shaggy wool coat.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 10 Feb. 2025
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Flying your favorite spacecraft is as simple as plopping down in the captain’s chair to engage in some hairy dogfights and clandestine patrols over strange worlds or the inky cosmic blackness as the gameplay shifts from a standard FPS to a third-person perspective.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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See 6 finalists for new position Starbucks is removing some drinks from its menu in March: See the full list Man busted in airport smuggling cocaine under toupee: Watch video of hairy situation Will an asteroid hit Earth?—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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What makes these plants unattractive to deer—prickly or hairy stems or leaves, a pungent scent, or a covering of fuzzy hairs—is a win for your garden, adding charm to your landscape.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Mar. 2025
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Something happened online, but the details are fuzzy because all the context has been flattened into nonexistence.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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Mattifying Primer $36 Sephora This Fenty primer has a transparent, silky texture that glides onto the skin and doesn’t leave a white cast—something that can’t be said about many other primers.—
Brigitt Earley,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2025
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Squalane oil, glycerin and peptides reduce fine lines and improve skin texture while delivering silky hydration and boosting your nighttime skincare routine.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The results, while still a little rough around the edges, show how much extra longevity can be wrung from simple tweaks to existing gameplay.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
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While New York City as a whole is safer than most other metropolises, pockets of especially rough neighborhoods are unsafe, particularly for young men.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Shaggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shaggy. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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