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chartreuse

[shahr-trooz, -troos, shar-trœz] / ʃɑrˈtruz, -ˈtrus, ʃarˈtrœz /


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“Everything was brown,” Weger says as she sits on a plush sofa covered in pink and chartreuse striped Christian Lacroix fabric.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

As he moves deeper and finds scattered, malformed remnants of his past inside the chartreuse oblivion, Clark makes a Faustian pact with whatever entities are inside the Backrooms.

From Salon May 30, 2026

Middeck, Dr. Becky appears in a chartreuse Good Inside sweatshirt—$55 on the Good Inside shop: “the perfect fit for your parenting journey,” according to the site.

From Slate May 10, 2026

Styled by Rebecca Corbin-Murray, she paired the chartreuse dress with marching diamonds.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

“What’s going on here?” a woman asked from the padded chartreuse leatherette door of the bar.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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