olive drab
Example Sentences
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Others suggested Army Air Corps camouflage: dark olive drab, medium green, neutral gray.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
But the armed men with severe expressions who appeared in the doorway were wearing military uniforms different from the olive drab fatigues she had seen on Israeli soldiers.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023
Wearing the olive drab that has marked his transformation into a wartime leader, he looked visibly exhausted yet animated by a drive to persevere.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2022
He was immediately given special status as a “prodigy athlete” that allowed him to put aside the IDF olive drab in favor of Maccabi blue and yellow and now Wizards red and blue.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2020
Following them there were some heavy trucks painted olive drab, and behind them came the troops.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
