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Recent Examples of pigtail
The actor, who turned 56 this past November, shared a new photo of himself on Instagram rocking bright blonde pigtails and a full beard.
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Emma Banks,
InStyle,
7 Apr. 2026
Gabi has big brown eyes, pigtails, and a genetic condition that makes her bones brittle.
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Kate Wells,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2026
In the end, her disobedience—forged in tandem with and in opposition to her tribe—felt unmoored without a fellow-Mitford’s pigtail to pull.
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Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
First-day-of-school pictures went from smiles in pink dresses and pigtails with bows in her hair, to a child with a spiky, short haircut and baggy clothes.
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Amy Delaura,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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Emma Banks,
InStyle,
7 Apr. 2026
Gabi has big brown eyes, pigtails, and a genetic condition that makes her bones brittle.
—
Kate Wells,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2026
In the end, her disobedience—forged in tandem with and in opposition to her tribe—felt unmoored without a fellow-Mitford’s pigtail to pull.
—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
First-day-of-school pictures went from smiles in pink dresses and pigtails with bows in her hair, to a child with a spiky, short haircut and baggy clothes.
—
Amy Delaura,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigtail
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The drone attacks are worsening fuel shortages, with people reporting rising prices and long queues at the filling stations.
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This, Nunes argues, allows a small, paying slice of the population to jump the queue for police attention.
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This singular cornrow look, though, tends to camouflage hair thinness.
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Freestyle cornrows borrow from traditional techniques while embracing modern customization.
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Hillbilly hippies with dreadlock beards buried safes in the woods containing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash.
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“Pigtail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigtail. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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