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tan

[tan] / tæn /






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Maduro, wearing tan jail garb, listened to the proceedings on Wednesday through headphones that provided Spanish interpretation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

To the west in Duarte, an old tan rotary phone with a very long cord hangs on a tree in a garden.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 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

A pool journalist allowed to tour the inside of the plane reported that it features leather seats, plush carpets, wooden panelling and walls colored tan and light brown with shades of gold.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

There’s a woman with tan skin smiling and talking on the phone.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

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

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

She’s worked for three years to perfect her skinning process, and now works with a tanner who treats the skins to her liking.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2022

The passenger door opens, and Soojin pops out, tanner and taller than when I last saw her.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

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

Take away the tans, that beach in front of Sully’s was Mayflower, top deck.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

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

"It's often portrayed as fashionable to be tanned all year round," he said, noting how easily accessible sunbeds are, with many high streets filled with salons.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2025

He was quite tanned, and his hair, which was.almost exactly like his mother’s in color and quality, was a little sun-bleached on top.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

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

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

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

Two contestants had salvaged pieces of metal from the downed plane and were using them as tanning reflectors.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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