tawny
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Folan would often describe her early years of marriage and motherhood, in an idyllic white house in a tawny Connecticut suburb, as looking blissful on the surface.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Then, moments later, there she is again: Exiting the White House, coolly lethal in sunglasses, stilettos and a funnel neck MaxMara coat the color of a tawny marmalade.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2025
The young tawny cougar with the broad, handsome features headed east for nearly 50 miles to escape his father, wandering through whatever green spaces he could find “and probably more than few backyards,” Pratt said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2024
Sasha had been watching these tawny owlets for several days in a park near his home.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024
She wore what seemed to me to be a nurse’s uniform, was blonde and had a tawny skin and gray eyes.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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