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Recent Examples of ponytail
Jim Zullo, who was seen yanking Northville High star player Hailey Monroe by the ponytail after a championship game on Friday, March 21, issued an apology for his behavior via WNYT after the video went viral.
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Natasha Dye, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
An upstate New York girls basketball coach who was fired after yanking a player’s ponytail apologized Sunday for his actions.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
To round out the look, Hudson opted for a glowy but minimal makeup and pulled her hair into a loose ponytail.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2025
Bianca Belair bounced Morgan off the glass and the cage, which was Belair’s revenge from Morgan bouncing Bianca off the cage by her ponytail.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Natasha Dye, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
An upstate New York girls basketball coach who was fired after yanking a player’s ponytail apologized Sunday for his actions.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
To round out the look, Hudson opted for a glowy but minimal makeup and pulled her hair into a loose ponytail.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2025
Bianca Belair bounced Morgan off the glass and the cage, which was Belair’s revenge from Morgan bouncing Bianca off the cage by her ponytail.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ponytail
Noun
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The final moment with Belair whipping Banks with her braid and then hitting the KOD remains one of the best moments in the modern era.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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Photo: Getty Images Photo: Getty Images This isn’t the first time Mulligan has gone short, nor experimented with twists and braids.—
Morgan Fargo,
Vogue,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The teen opted for pigtails — quite the change from the pink buzz cut just weeks ago.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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With her signature pink pigtails, Abby is the daughter of the Fairy Godmother and shares a close bond with Rosita on Sesame Street.—
Casey Clark,
Parents,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Other braids seen on the runway included messy, pulled out pigtails and tiny face-framing plaits.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2025
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Lawrence also wore her hair in thick plaits, and donned a pair of orange lensed, oval sunglasses.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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
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The star graced the cover of WWD with her hair in an asymmetrical bob and razor sharp cuts at her bangs.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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In the one surviving photograph of her from this time, Evangelina is young and put together, wearing earrings and a string of pearls, her curly hair parted in a stylish bob.—
Laura Gómez,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Ponytail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ponytail. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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