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[pingk] / pɪŋk /




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My sister mixes the mild with queso until it turns a muted pink.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Jaguar revealed its long-promised, new-era EV last night and… it’s not pink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The amount of UV exposure was not high enough to make participants' skin turn pink.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

However, with a sly smile Kennedy confesses that her granny "would have been absolutely tickled pink to think of Gillian Anderson playing her".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

He looks right at me, his lightly freckled cheeks extra pink from the run, and his blue-green eyes focused on mine.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

It’s best to season the sauce to taste: Adding more ketchup makes it sweeter and pinker; more lemon juice makes it tangier; more horseradish makes it sharper.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2023

"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

His lip twitches, and he’s getting pinker by the insult.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

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

“When you get into the wedding scene, everybody is in pinks, soft reds, oranges and yellows,” Maciek said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

His elegant pinks, mauves, light blues and reds are rare in such solemn scenes; almost otherworldly, they beautifully draw attention to all the gently curved bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

"But it is interesting to note that the more adaptable pinks have proven less popular than we might have assumed, and green and red varieties negligible, highlighting the importance in maintaining cultivated diversity in gardens."

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

There were beautiful pinks and blues and reds and browns and purples.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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

June’s smile returned, along with a blush that pinked up her cheeks, and now Ivy was back to thinking about pretty.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

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

We also brought over a cast-iron frying pan, ten packets of baker’s yeast, pinking shears, the head of a hatchet, a fold-up army latrine spade, and all told a good deal more.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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