pink
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Both she and a guy danced en pointe; Adéla never went long without whipping her long pink hair, which was one style choice widely replicated throughout the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
In one example, Adidas claimed that an online listing from June 2025 showed a pair of White Fox-branded socks being modelled by someone wearing pink Adidas shoes.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
My sister mixes the mild with queso until it turns a muted pink.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
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
We reached the edge of The Village just as the sun was going down, casting a sparkling pink glow all over the snow.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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
The little pink circles on his cheeks became even pinker.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
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
InStyle magazine recommends dramatic, dark red vampy lips, external as a breakaway from summer-friendly pinks and peaches.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
On the wall behind the couch where clients sit, I hung a tapestry that features a sun rising over an abstract landscape of pinks and yellows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 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
Countless crowds of them were at anchor, from the smallest fishing pinks and hoys to the great three-masters sitting at rest.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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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