tan
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Banks, who was in a tan suit and brown tie, appeared nervous ahead of the verdict being read, swaying back and forth and at times swiveling in his chair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Wearing tan jail uniforms, the brothers maintained they did not commit the alleged crimes as they slammed conditions in US custody.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
As the son of a cobbler, he knows how to tan goat hides, which provide him with the needed coverings for both his dwelling place and his body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
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
They were all tan, and her day in the sun yesterday had caught her up in brownness for what she’d lost during hours inside at Bridgeport.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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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
But instead of working as a tanner, he decided to become a leather tailor, and in 1985 he opened his store and workshop, Leder Bensmann.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
He was also tanner and had shaved his head.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2023
The girls armed themselves with sticks and small rocks, curling irons and bottles of tanner.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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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
Gaggles of British tourists with fur coats and spray tans jostled for seating, clutching their outerwear to their chests for space as they scouted for a table to open up.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Why are so many of your fabrics tans, ivories or “goat-colored”?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
More than a few bore tans so dark that they were browner than me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 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
He paints a pair of shoes, one sole up, one sole down, browns and tans, with light and white, though he is still using black.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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On the other, he’s a former reality-TV host with an unnaturally tanned face who dances to the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.”
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Very much like an election, in other words, only one populated with women who were scalpel-sculpted, lifted, tanned and tucked to surgical specifications.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 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
Macon rubbed the rough, tanned skin at the back of his neck.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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I found Sedona Quantum Consciousness online, via an advertisement for its Cell-Well Medbed, which appeared in photos to be a souped-up tanning bed.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
A CeraVe sunscreen campaign woos Gen Z tanmaxxers with a social-media video series that kicks off with the dramatic destruction of a tanning bed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
The rule, which was withdrawn March 16, would have also required indoor tanning facility users to sign a form acknowledging the risk of cancer, early skin aging and other health effects.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Kids aren’t handing in homework because they have appointments at the tanning salon.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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