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Recent Examples of pigtail
His hair was unfinished: one side in braids, the other a pigtail.
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 Feb. 2025
Her hair in little pigtails, a little yellow sundress.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Hairstylist Jenda Alcorn, who regularly works with both Elle and sister Dakota, brought the loose pigtails together with crystal bobbles to just skim her shoulders.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Fanning wore her hair with very 2000’s deep swooping side bangs and two low, tight-to-the-head medium-length pigtails.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 2024
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 Feb. 2025
Her hair in little pigtails, a little yellow sundress.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Hairstylist Jenda Alcorn, who regularly works with both Elle and sister Dakota, brought the loose pigtails together with crystal bobbles to just skim her shoulders.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
Fanning wore her hair with very 2000’s deep swooping side bangs and two low, tight-to-the-head medium-length pigtails.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 11 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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State prison warden banned braids, cornrows and dreadlocks.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA TODAY,
5 Sep. 2024
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“Pigtail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigtail. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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