pink
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In contrast with the two-door concept car Jaguar debuted in pink and bright blue at Miami Art Week in 2024, the four-door Type 01 model arrived on Tuesday in silver, with an “orchid white” interior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The exterior metal cladding of the addition features a luminescent pink paint coating called Pink Kandi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The amount of UV exposure was not high enough to make participants' skin turn pink.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
NewsGuard has identified 21 pink slime outlets that launched this year, bringing the total number of such sites to 1,179.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Celia nodded, her little nose as pink as Mallons’ goat, her eyes swollen.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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
In addition to speeding up growth, krill contains astaxanthin, a pigment that gives salmon a pinker color.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
"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
His skin is darker and his lips are pinker than they should be, because of the makeup.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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
The skunk was yawning and licking his lips with the world’s tiniest, pinkest tongue.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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
I escorted myself up a clunky metal utility elevator which opened into a warmly lit waiting room of beiges and pinks and a desk, both empty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Carts hold tiers of pastries frosted in rose-petal pinks and pearly whites and apple reds, flutes overflow with jewel-tone liquids, and sugar-dusted strawberries and pomegranates sit in glass bowls.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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 face pinked and she clamped her lips into a thin line.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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
My embroidery hoops and a pair of pinking shears in an oilcloth sheath hung around my neck, threatening myself and others in the push and shove.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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