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rhinestone

[rahyn-stohn] / ˈraɪnˌstoʊn /


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"Not to mention, all those heavy rhinestone outfits, the big hair, my big… uh, personality," she joked.

From BBC May 4, 2026

Ms. Kobielski’s photos are highly saturated, with daytime flash manufacturing brilliance against silk organza and rhinestone jewelry.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

“Show y’all how, someone like you, gets to where I’m at today, being someone like me, because I used to be someone like you,” he says, standing in front of inmates in a rhinestone suit.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

A woman, in a rhinestone shirt, told me that she wanted to convene her fellow cyclists to whizz by the gulleys and alleyways around Tucson, searching for clues in the muck.

From Slate Feb. 23, 2026

But he didn’t, because in the gloom beyond the oil lamp, in the shadows, there were metal folding chairs arranged in a ring and on the chairs there were people, with slanting rhinestone sunglasses, watching.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Yet, it was no hallucination to see Vin Diesel strutting the red carpet in a custom blazer with rhinestones spelling out “Fast Forever,” the 11th and final installment, scheduled to be released in 2028.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

A myriad of regal colours, rhinestones, sequins, sparkles and diamante material catches the eyes of customers as they walk into a shop in Goole, East Yorkshire.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2026

Of course by that time the sequins and rhinestones would have fallen off our test truck.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

The latest ad, released Tuesday, features Beyoncé in a curly blonde bob wearing head-to-toe denim embellished with rhinestones.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2025

A silver tiara studded with crystal rhinestones crowns my hair, which is pulled tightly back in a thick bun.

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince




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