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Hilton arrived like he was ready to party in Hermosa Beach, in a black open-collar shirt that was either seersucker or unironed, dark blue slacks and white Adidas with orange ombre stripes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
They wore orange jump suits and rubber boots for protection, most sporting hijabs under their hard hats.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
In Nanjing, one new marriage registration office is located on a heart-shaped island within a famous lake, where orange signs encourage twosomes not to “walk too fast” because “happiness should be savored.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The orange make-up could now be washed off with soap and water, the shoes were more comfortable and the chocolate river was no longer full of cigarette ends discarded by crew members.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
I kneel and pluck a few of the orange flowers.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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More of the shorter blue wavelengths of light are scattered, allowing the yellows, oranges and reds to become more prominent.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Gone are the vivid blues and warm oranges and greens, crackling against film grain, that did so much heavy lifting for the first film’s leaden plot.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
At the Farmers Market, breakfast is maybe three oranges, two apples, a basket of strawberries, half a melon and two peaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Candidatus Velamenicoccus archaeovorus feeds on microorganisms that convert limonene, the compound responsible for the scent of oranges, into methane and carbon dioxide.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
The pines stood out dark against the pinks and oranges creeping across the sky, and a breeze stirred around her.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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