khaki
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I certainly stood out among the perfectly creased khaki pants and palm combs and top-buttoned flannels contrasted with my clueless bowl haircut and Ninja Turtle suspenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"I'd grown up around it, we used to joke that if you cut my dad, he'd bleed khaki," she says.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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
She always appeared to call from a police station, dressed in a crisp khaki uniform and cap, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
In the flickering lantern light, the khaki fabric was nearly the same color as his skin, as though his face itself were another garment.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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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
Sometimes that meant embracing an almost retro preppiness, as Mill did when it came to the staff uniforms—polos and khakis for men, white tennis skirts and V-neck sweaters for women.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
In college I was skipped for an intramural team because a girl reviewing the candidates found a photo of me online, slumping in huge khakis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Just jumped into the water — hat, glasses, khakis and all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025
Standing in the doorway waiting for me in his regulation Sanforized wash-and-wear khakis and pilot sunglasses, why, he very nearly almost looked handsome.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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