Locks
Strands
Both words in one sentence
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Xavier runs his hand through his luscious locks (which is his equivalent of a peacock's tail) to tame some wayward strands before he meets Moira to ensure that he's at his most attractive.
Source: Film / X-Men Film Series -
This taken to the point of potential parody in yet another puzzle of Silent Hill 2 where you need to solve four puzzles to remove four locks from a box, only to find that it contains a few strands of hair.
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