khaki
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Authorities said that Coughran — who they described as a 6-foot-2, 150-pound white man with brown hair and hazel eyes — may have been wearing khaki shorts.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
Eugene Levert, chain-smoking next to a stack of books while wearing a vertical blue-striped button-down and khaki slacks, looked the scholarly mirror of Doug Lamplugh, in a horizontal blue-striped polo and khaki shorts.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
One manufacturer’s idea of khaki or olive drab, for example, might not match another’s—a serious problem when thousands of yards of uniform fabric had to be dyed the same shade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Dressed like the Kurdish fighters he once served alongside, Barsirini still wears the khaki shalwar, fitted jacket and scarf wrapped around his waist.
From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026
Looking at her crisp khaki uniform and shiny boots always makes me feel extra scruffy.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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An account affiliated with the Libertarian Party on X appeared to tacitly support Weir’s proposal, posting a palette of button-down shirts, quarter zips, khakis and loafers to guide the choices of convention attendees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
“We generally go khakis and polos, but you know, you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do,” he told him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Gap, famous for its jeans, khakis, white T-shirts and hoodies, laid out its stores with clothing organised by size and style, which was a pioneering approach at the time.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Lynch was wearing his uniform of the period — worn khakis, white button-down shirt, black blazer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
The leg of his khakis is poking out the top.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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