dye
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We used to dye our hair and use food color to make the colors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The researchers compare this arrangement to chocolate chips embedded in a cookie, while organic dye molecules covering the outside resemble icing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Digital disaffection has bled into our lives like dye onto white linen, creeping through every inch of the fabric until it’s covered in amorphous patterns of color; some beautiful, some painfully ugly.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
When, in 1978, he decided to make bold-colored cashmere sweaters for women, a dye expert said he was “crazy to dye cashmere in these colors.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Her hair, growing out of a bad dye job.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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Traditionally, Japanese convenience stores have also required workers to adhere to relatively conservative dress codes, including bans on certain hair dyes and large earrings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Artificial food dyes, too, are hard to do without, because consumers reliably prefer brightly colored foods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
In-N-Out Burger this week announced several menu changes in line with a recent push to reduce use of artificial dyes and processed ingredients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Mundhe has enforced bans on using newspapers to wrap food, synthetic dyes and banned analogue paneer - non-dairy cottage cheese substitutes.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
They look like they might have artificial dyes in them.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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He still showed up to the victory party in Paris with his hair dyed blonde like Pogi’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The hand-spun yarn dyed in natural colours is woven on handlooms, packing in between 300 and several thousand knots per square inch, depending on the intricacy of the design.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
He shot pool now and then at the Playboy Mansion, collected guns, dyed his white hair jet-black and trundled out anecdotes of Old Hollywood over three-hour lunches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
In a 2020 UK study, 51% of employers admitted turning down a candidate because of the way they looked, with managers indicating they had been influenced by scruffy clothes or poorly dyed hair.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
It was here, where the trees grew thickest and the light was dyed deep green, that she planned to set up her experiment.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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"Some start wearing shorter skirts or dyeing their hair. Once people begin expressing themselves, it affects a system where everyone is supposed to think and move together."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
With spinning, weaving, dyeing and knitting facilities -- the Glo-Djigbe site exported its first garments in 2024 for the French retailer Kiabi, followed by other international brands such as US Polo.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Unlike conventional textiles, where color is applied through dyeing, sea silk generates its golden hue from the arrangement of proteins within the fiber itself.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
I could try to combat inescapable existential dread by dyeing my hair.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2025
The dyeing yard, affected by the fire, was already sultry and almost oppressive.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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