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Elizabeth Smart lit up the internet last month after posting a picture of herself in a tiny midnight-blue bikini with a full-body spray tan, blonde hair extensions and a seriously ripped physique.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

In one of Glover’s favorite pictures, snapped by his wife, he is sitting at his desk in his tan desert flight suit, focused on graduate school work while holding one of his daughters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Sherman, wearing a tan pantsuit and dark-framed glasses, recounted what had happened the previous day.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

"I don't mean rainbow colors, but you know, dark browns or tan colors because that tells us something about the composition, and that tells us something about the history of the Moon."

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

The other brother—freckled, thinner, with a too-dark tan and black circles under his blue eyes—took the baby.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt