pink
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"I watched a little girl crying with a little pink backpack on because she's never going to see her father again."
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
As a former writer for his employer’s website, Abnernathy links his layoff — as well as pink slips for two dozen former colleagues — to AI’s rise.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
I was getting annoyed — this was a pink flag because in my dating world, the guy is supposed to come to the woman’s neighborhood in the early days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Clad in pink and purple and wielding a pink power drill, Liu Xingyun, founder of Shero, deftly took an air conditioner to bits when AFP accompanied her on a recent home visit.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Her cheeks were pink with excitement, and her hood was flung back over her shoulders.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
The fruit gets pinker in the processing and the drink has a pinkish hue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
Watching Bernie on stage—his face growing steadily pinker, with sheet-white hair pouring out from the baseball cap protecting his bald spot from the sun—it is impossible not to feel some grief for the man.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2025
"We just bought a new feeder and we just noticed their wool was gradually getting pinker and pinker," Mr Nicholson said.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2022
Look closely, and you can see a slight contrast in tonality between the pinker “Cerebral” and the bluer “Ceremony,” a subtle shift that almost soothes the eye.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022
A little pinker than usual, but not bad.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
The film took on a life of its own after a wild marketing blitz and “Oppenheimer” proximity, inspiring moviegoers to don their pinkest, most sparkly ensembles for group trips to the theaters.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
One letter in 1790 from a French cloth-maker included a piece of silk that he said demonstrated he had discovered how to make the "pinkest ever pink dye".
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2023
Blended with cooked beets for the prettiest, pinkest pancake breakfast ever or better yet, fluffed up and fried for restaurant-worthy onion rings, the humble pantry staple showed it really had the range.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2022
She was wearing a sleeveless dress the color of a grapefruit, the pinkest of peonies.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
“With a worm, of course. Seagulls love worms, didn’t you know that? And luckily for us, we have here the biggest, fattest, pinkest, juiciest Earthworm in the world.”
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
“When you get into the wedding scene, everybody is in pinks, soft reds, oranges and yellows,” Maciek said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Wearing blue jeans and a pink button-down blouse, she echoed the pastel blues and pinks that appear throughout many of the works surrounding her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
He potted the green as the 16th red before adding his opening black and then reeling off 15 reds, 13 further blacks and two pinks before clearing the final six colours to reach 153.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
A palette of soft pinks, purples and blues lend warmth and dimension to Rana’s starkly beautiful home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The borders are lush with flowers: tulips and daffodils, irises, peonies, pinks, chrysanthemums, something for every season.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
Sissy and the others sat at the edge of the woods while dawn pinked the sky.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
Keaton, standing behind his son and moving excitedly from side to side, pinked with delight.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 9, 2017
Cara buttoned hers over her nightshirt and pants, painted red lipstick on her mouth, pinked her cheeks.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2013
As soon as he unclamped them, the kidney pinked up with blood flow.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2012
Her cheeks are pinked and her gray hair is pinned up, with ringlets descending like holiday tinsel.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
If you don’t sew, don’t worry, she says, “you can cut them with pinking shears or use no-sew iron-on tape.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
“Another girl lived to be about 16, and I made it. So you’re looking at the luckiest guy in the world. In 1951, they operated on people with pinking shears and screwdrivers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
I embrace the Girl Scouts mom who carries pinking shears in her purse.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
But before you start reaching for your pinking shears, there are some techniques and tools that can be used to aid his hang time.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2019
While Ammu watched, the Imperial Entomologist shred her new gum- boots with her mother’s pinking shears.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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