khaki
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I certainly stood out among the perfectly creased khaki pants and palm combs and top-buttoned flannels contrasted with my clueless bowl haircut and Ninja Turtle suspenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Eugene Levert, chain-smoking next to a stack of books while wearing a vertical blue-striped button-down and khaki slacks, looked the scholarly mirror of Doug Lamplugh, in a horizontal blue-striped polo and khaki shorts.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
The office also shared a photograph seeming to show Suu Kyi sitting flanked by two men -- one in a khaki shirt and another in a police uniform.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
One manufacturer’s idea of khaki or olive drab, for example, might not match another’s—a serious problem when thousands of yards of uniform fabric had to be dyed the same shade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
This kid’s wearing a rumpled pinstripe shirt, khaki polyester pants, a tweed jacket with patches on the elbows, and leather loafers.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
People dressed in Duck Head khakis and tucked-in shirts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Gap, famous for its jeans, khakis, white T-shirts and hoodies, laid out its stores with clothing organised by size and style, which was a pioneering approach at the time.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
In college I was skipped for an intramural team because a girl reviewing the candidates found a photo of me online, slumping in huge khakis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Lynch was wearing his uniform of the period — worn khakis, white button-down shirt, black blazer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
He’s in a white button-up and brown khakis, his eyes shielded behind aviator sunglasses.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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