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Underwear has been fashioned into a hat stretched over its forelock.
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Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Mäkelä at 28 reminds me of his fellow Finn Esa-Pekka Salonen at that age: flaxen forelock, blue eyes, high-gloss cheekbones, lithe athleticism, a similar facility with Stravinsky’s jagged rhythms.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
Incorrigible blond forelocks blowing in their eyes.
—Diane Seuss Anne Boyer, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
One face, sporting a pale forelock, looms large.
—Adam Fleming Petty, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
Sinclair, 26, on a recent warm afternoon sauntering through Domino Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, slick forelock curled in an anime flip, inked arms emerging from the sleeves of a sinuous Issey Miyake pleated dress.
—New York Times, 9 June 2021
In her younger years, her frothy blond mane was bobbed, and her forelock and the hair on her crown were teased a lofty three inches off her scalp.
—Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 20 July 2022
The 72-year-old singer looked simply magnificent, with her trademark cascade of red hair, fronted by a white forelock, wearing a luminous blue shirt and black jeans.
—Thom Duffy, Billboard, 22 June 2022
The silvery forelock and inquisitive eyes that signal Bonnie Raitt is in the house have been quite prominent the past few months.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022
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Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Mäkelä at 28 reminds me of his fellow Finn Esa-Pekka Salonen at that age: flaxen forelock, blue eyes, high-gloss cheekbones, lithe athleticism, a similar facility with Stravinsky’s jagged rhythms.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
Incorrigible blond forelocks blowing in their eyes.
—Diane Seuss Anne Boyer, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
One face, sporting a pale forelock, looms large.
—Adam Fleming Petty, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
Sinclair, 26, on a recent warm afternoon sauntering through Domino Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, slick forelock curled in an anime flip, inked arms emerging from the sleeves of a sinuous Issey Miyake pleated dress.
—New York Times, 9 June 2021
In her younger years, her frothy blond mane was bobbed, and her forelock and the hair on her crown were teased a lofty three inches off her scalp.
—Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 20 July 2022
The 72-year-old singer looked simply magnificent, with her trademark cascade of red hair, fronted by a white forelock, wearing a luminous blue shirt and black jeans.
—Thom Duffy, Billboard, 22 June 2022
The silvery forelock and inquisitive eyes that signal Bonnie Raitt is in the house have been quite prominent the past few months.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2022
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“Forelock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forelock. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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forelock
noun
fore·lock
-ˌläk 
: a lock of hair growing from the front of the head
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