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tan

[tan] / tæn /






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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

District Court judge denied an emergency application seeking to prevent the county from euthanizing Bruce, a 100-pound black and tan German shepherd mix.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

She’s let her hair go gray but kept up her tan, and she’s careful not to ridicule the ways her body has changed with age.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Theo finishes crossing the tan marble floors and holds up the tin jar labeled Monogram, presenting it as if he were a fancy butler.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

He noticed more boats going after tanner crab last season — a much smaller fishery, but one that was open.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 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

These were the cottages in which the servants lived, and where the blacksmith, tinsmith, and tanner plied their trades.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

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

Visor-wearing buzzards with farmer’s tans are circling the Saudi-backed league as the Kingdom considers terminating its munificent support of the lavish and comically irrelevant golf concern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

By the 1960s and 70s sun lovers were using cooking oil and reflective blankets to deepen their tans.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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

Blue window frames, old granite of grays and tans.

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

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

At night, queues snake around the block outside nightclubs where DJ’s spin thumping house music for big-spending revelers, their faces sculpted by surgery and tanned by the sun.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

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

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

Rex was wearing shorts and a monogrammed shirt, ripped at the shoulder, showing tanned skin.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

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

Gasoline was rationed, and the lines of automobiles could last two days and a night, constricting the city like a gigantic motionless boa tanning itself in the sun.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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