pink
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A DJ performed from a podium adorned with pink disco balls, brands gave away protein drinks and powders and people competed in a pull-up-bar-hanging competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Secular Israelis were prepared with a counter-protest, blowing whistles to drown out the chants and with some wearing pink lapel buttons showing a middle finger.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
When I asked if the pink Cadillac was for sale, he said no.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
It was the explanation for one-third of the pink slips.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
We reached the edge of The Village just as the sun was going down, casting a sparkling pink glow all over the snow.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
The fruit gets pinker in the processing and the drink has a pinkish hue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
Watching Bernie on stage—his face growing steadily pinker, with sheet-white hair pouring out from the baseball cap protecting his bald spot from the sun—it is impossible not to feel some grief for the man.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2025
"We just bought a new feeder and we just noticed their wool was gradually getting pinker and pinker," Mr Nicholson said.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2022
Look closely, and you can see a slight contrast in tonality between the pinker “Cerebral” and the bluer “Ceremony,” a subtle shift that almost soothes the eye.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022
The building is all pink stucco and even pinker stone.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
The film took on a life of its own after a wild marketing blitz and “Oppenheimer” proximity, inspiring moviegoers to don their pinkest, most sparkly ensembles for group trips to the theaters.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
One letter in 1790 from a French cloth-maker included a piece of silk that he said demonstrated he had discovered how to make the "pinkest ever pink dye".
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2023
Blended with cooked beets for the prettiest, pinkest pancake breakfast ever or better yet, fluffed up and fried for restaurant-worthy onion rings, the humble pantry staple showed it really had the range.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2022
She was wearing a sleeveless dress the color of a grapefruit, the pinkest of peonies.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016
“With a worm, of course. Seagulls love worms, didn’t you know that? And luckily for us, we have here the biggest, fattest, pinkest, juiciest Earthworm in the world.”
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
But it was a bunch of the cast and then there was also some pinks in there just to see how everything looks on camera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Wearing blue jeans and a pink button-down blouse, she echoed the pastel blues and pinks that appear throughout many of the works surrounding her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
"It's stunningly beautiful and the Portuguese man o'war even more so because they have these kind of purples and pinks as well."
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
A palette of soft pinks, purples and blues lend warmth and dimension to Rana’s starkly beautiful home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The pinks and purples of the early morning sky gleam overhead.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Sissy and the others sat at the edge of the woods while dawn pinked the sky.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
Keaton, standing behind his son and moving excitedly from side to side, pinked with delight.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 9, 2017
Cara buttoned hers over her nightshirt and pants, painted red lipstick on her mouth, pinked her cheeks.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2013
As soon as he unclamped them, the kidney pinked up with blood flow.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2012
His footbath is now pinked by the weep of his blisters.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
If you don’t sew, don’t worry, she says, “you can cut them with pinking shears or use no-sew iron-on tape.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
“Another girl lived to be about 16, and I made it. So you’re looking at the luckiest guy in the world. In 1951, they operated on people with pinking shears and screwdrivers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
I embrace the Girl Scouts mom who carries pinking shears in her purse.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2019
But before you start reaching for your pinking shears, there are some techniques and tools that can be used to aid his hang time.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2019
While Ammu watched, the Imperial Entomologist shred her new gum- boots with her mother’s pinking shears.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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