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Mail-order catalogs such as the midcentury Sears, Roebuck Christmas edition overflowed with evocative shades—winterberry, burnished beige, rico green—meant to conjure a feeling as much as a hue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Tom Roebuck, another wing who prospers in the air, is only just back from a broken toe.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Gene Roebuck fouled out early in the fourth quarter but still scored 19 points.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

Tommy Freeman moves to the wing in place of Roebuck with Ollie Lawrence making his first start of this season's Six Nations in the number 13 jersey.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Like all of us, his shoes came from the Sears, Roebuck catalog.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson