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pink

[pingk] / pɪŋk /




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Naturally occurring pink diamonds are exceptionally rare and often sell for tens of millions of dollars.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

In it, she wears her blond hair down, its curls frizzing attractively, and appears to be wearing minimal makeup—stained berry lips, pink cheeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

To the pulse of pop music, a Dachshund named Serge went down the catwalk in a woven pink poncho.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Ten years of the “pussyhat”: One of the most memorable—and controversial—symbols of the resistance to Trump’s first term in office was a knitted pink hat made to look like cat ears.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026

I was as pink as a sunburnt huckleberry, and as lively as a young squirrel in a corn crib.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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

His face is growing pinker by the second.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

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

But it was a bunch of the cast and then there was also some pinks in there just to see how everything looks on camera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

She is captured on stage in flowing layers, wearing corals and dusty pinks, with pants that hugged at the hip and a headpiece.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

His elegant pinks, mauves, light blues and reds are rare in such solemn scenes; almost otherworldly, they beautifully draw attention to all the gently curved bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 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

Allana, he decided, would be a study in yellows and pinks except for the shirt she was wearing.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

His footbath is now pinked by the weep of his blisters.

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

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

Like it or not — and some people don’t like it at all — the pinking of America has become a multibillion-dollar business, a marketing, merchandising and fund-raising opportunity that is almost unrivaled in scope.

From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2011

As if I could use pinking shears to cut out a new face for myself.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes


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