brunette
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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
And when I started dressing again, to go out, I would put on my favorite clothes from when I was brunette.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
It shows Yuriy, serious and composed besides Valeria, a brunette with an infectious smile who resembles her mother Lyudmyla.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
Just then Dorian waltzed by, sweeping the brunette with him.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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This ongoing trend of obsessing over everything fall has to offer was first made popular by a viral photo of two brunettes with matching hairdos, makeup and suede booties.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2023
“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
The 36 models represented the American mosaic: ivory-skinned redheads, blue-eyed blondes, honey-toned and ebony-skinned African Americans, and sun-kissed brunettes.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2015
And, speaking of dark, I knew he had a thing for dark-haired girls because all of his girlfriends had been brunettes.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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