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brunette

[broo-net] / bruˈnɛt /


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The “Transamerica” DVD even featured a lenticular cover that transformed Huffman from a standard blonde press shot into a still from the film featuring Bree’s brunette hair and wispy bangs.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Seven portraits give Anne red or red-brown hair and five show a brunette, but the pigments in the paint may have degraded over time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

"I am returning to the big ice," the skater from Kazan announced on Telegram earlier this month, her formerly brunette hair now streaked with blonde highlights.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

"We created 10 draft models for him and he selected one brunette woman and one blonde that we went ahead and developed further," Gonzalez says.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025

I am almost afraid to tell the little brunette that I am going away, and when I return we will be far from here; we will never see one another again.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Taylore told me the first thing she noticed was that “he was blond,” and she normally goes for brunettes.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022

“So far we’ve been able to find it for brunettes but we can’t get there for blondes and that’s the only chemical that I use. So we’re working on it.”

From Fox News ● Aug. 9, 2019

His penchant for brunettes - Ava Gardner, Jane Russell, Yvonne De Carlo, Linda Darnell, Faith Domergue and Jean Peters, among others - could have stymied a witness at a police lineup.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2018

And my female friends are somehow almost all brunettes and I think they all know how I feel, even though we’ve never discussed this openly before.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2013

"And she knew I preferred brunettes," Auguste adds.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton


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