dye
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Synthetic indigo, commonly used to dye bluejeans, can contain aniline, a manufacturing impurity that can slowly leach from clothing and penetrate skin, says Valenta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Last year, the company changed its popular strawberry shake and signature pink lemonade recipes to remove red dye No. 40, a synthetic additive used to give foods and drinks a bright red hue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Digital disaffection has bled into our lives like dye onto white linen, creeping through every inch of the fabric until it’s covered in amorphous patterns of color; some beautiful, some painfully ugly.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
By analyzing how the dye moved, the AI could estimate both the speed of the fluid and the permeability of the surrounding brain tissue.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Mrs. Callahan, is Lucy allowed to dye her hair?”
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
Traditionally, Japanese convenience stores have also required workers to adhere to relatively conservative dress codes, including bans on certain hair dyes and large earrings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
“Our research found that even with common dyes and finishes, cotton remained biodegradable and, on average, biodegraded faster than an oak leaf under the same conditions,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
When infrared light hits the nanoparticles, the dyes first capture the incoming energy.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
In-N-Out Burger this week announced several menu changes in line with a recent push to reduce use of artificial dyes and processed ingredients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
I stop in front of a group of boxes with brightly colored dyes and pick up a pink one.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
I dyed it for a while when I started seeing a fair amount of gray coming in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The hand-spun yarn dyed in natural colours is woven on handlooms, packing in between 300 and several thousand knots per square inch, depending on the intricacy of the design.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Once, after a worker dyed her hair blonde, she rushed back to the hairdresser to make it black again, worried she would look out of place at the company, the worker said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"Everyone thought, since I was about eight, that I dyed my hair," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
They’d been dyed black, and she had two black feathers glued to her back.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Launching into the world of modeling soon after, she divorced her husband and made a history-defining decision: dyeing her brown hair platinum blonde.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
The researchers hope their findings will encourage more thorough testing of clothing before it reaches consumers and push manufacturers to adopt safer alternatives during the dyeing process.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2026
I could try to combat inescapable existential dread by dyeing my hair.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2025
She doesn’t regret any of it — except for dyeing her hair orange, she confesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
The dyeing yard, affected by the fire, was already sultry and almost oppressive.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
