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gloss

[glos, glaws] / glɒs, glɔs /






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Then she curls her lashes and applies mascara and lip gloss.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

John McGinn's late double put the gloss on a dominant performance that was too much for Forest to match, or even cope with.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Ozon gives it all a fascinatingly detached gloss so that our curiosity is well-tapped.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The light on Mag is framed like a melodramatic diva’s spotlight, and the close-ups of Delano’s electric purple lip gloss and severe makeup heighten the sequence’s sense of surrealism.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

“She stopped texting us,” Audrey said, swiping on lip gloss instead of the lip balm she’d been using over the summer.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence




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