brunette
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Sarah, do you feel like you can never go back to brunette now?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
"I am returning to the big ice," the skater from Kazan announced on Telegram earlier this month, her formerly brunette hair now streaked with blonde highlights.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
ChatGPT, perhaps drawing on data showing that there are far more dark-haired people in the world than blondes, decided to make her a brunette.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
The singer and actress, 32, has recently swapped her signature, Glinda-era blonde locks with a brunette tone, sending fans wild on social media.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
I am almost afraid to tell the little brunette that I am going away, and when I return we will be far from here; we will never see one another again.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Taylore told me the first thing she noticed was that “he was blond,” and she normally goes for brunettes.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022
“So far we’ve been able to find it for brunettes but we can’t get there for blondes and that’s the only chemical that I use. So we’re working on it.”
From Fox News ● Aug. 9, 2019
His penchant for brunettes - Ava Gardner, Jane Russell, Yvonne De Carlo, Linda Darnell, Faith Domergue and Jean Peters, among others - could have stymied a witness at a police lineup.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2018
On a half-dozen asymmetrically stacked television monitors downstairs, cartoon brunettes in ankle boots were performing what looked like tai chi in front of a waterfall, dolphins plunging around them.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2012
"And she knew I preferred brunettes," Auguste adds.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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