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[tan] / tæn /






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Wearing a tan jumpsuit, he read a prepared statement in Spanish in which he extraordinarily urged young people to turn away from violence.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

The gang of at least four men were communicating by walkie talkies and they were all wearing post office-style clothing as well as make up, fake tan and glasses.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

From it emerged a 64-year-old dairyman, burly and tan, who left the engine running as he lumbered toward me with open arms.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

Carranza didn’t want a tan, but he was looking to lose some body fat after ending his football career as a linebacker.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

I have gotten used to the tan color of my own hands and arms, but I have seen pictures of coal miners who work all day underground.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

Ms Eagle said she became suspicious after her stepdaughter, who also used a tanner, spotted a Facebook post from someone who said they had also suffered a bad reaction.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2025

Bong has given the leader TV aspirations; the makeup team has given him orange tanner.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2025

He was also tanner and had shaved his head.

From Slate Feb. 25, 2023

Also on Monday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced a small Bering Sea crab harvest of more than 2 million pounds of tanner crab will open Oct.

From Seattle Times Oct. 10, 2022

The tanner who’d given me work for a few weeks.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Sen. Rick Scott will face off against one of Florida’s tannest mothers in the GOP primary this election cycle.

From Washington Times Aug. 17, 2023

Q: Is Sutter the tannest man in sports?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2014

Why are so many of your fabrics tans, ivories or “goat-colored”?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

"The spray tans, the hair and make-up, and the sparkles, the costumes... and the glamour," she said.

From BBC Sep. 26, 2025

Pumped-up lips, spray tans, hollowed-out cheeks and false lashes are just some of the characteristics of the “Mar-a-Lago face” that Donald Trump adores in his women.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2025

“I wasn’t burned out, I was maxed out in the experience,” Mr. Clinton said while sitting in his Upper East Side Manhattan apartment, decorated in soothing creams, tans, beiges and other neutral colors.

From New York Times Jun. 20, 2024

Blue window frames, old granite of grays and tans.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

To the looksmaxxers, these peptides aren’t about health; they’re for shedding fat, building muscle, clearing up skin, and even getting tanned.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

NANTUCKET, Mass.—On a recent morning, a tanned Dave Portnoy appeared to be living his best rich-guy life.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

Within minutes of the announcement, memories of the elegant and tanned designer began to flood social media.

From Barron's Jan. 19, 2026

"Health is so much more important than being so tanned for some Instagram pics," she said.

From BBC May 16, 2025

We were joined by two others, a sweetly hesitant and wholesome-looking young couple, both tanned and fit and also very clean.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Who needs umbrellas when you’ve got a tanning bed, a chin-up bar, beef-tallow stockpiles, and a gallon of only-sometimes-poisonous raw milk?

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: Get a summertime glow, no matter the season, with these expert-recommended tanning mousses, sprays and drops.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

They also proposed displaying cigarette-style images at sunbed shops and tanning salons to dissuade people from using them.

From BBC May 13, 2026

He did, however, quickly stop using MT-II, the tanning peptide that years ago was dubbed the “Barbie peptide.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

If Taylor had been back home, she would have considered it a perfect tanning day and gone for a fresh coat of color.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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