tan
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Maduro, wearing tan jail garb, listened to the proceedings on Wednesday through headphones that provided Spanish interpretation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
She’s let her hair go gray but kept up her tan, and she’s careful not to ridicule the ways her body has changed with age.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
The gang of at least four men were communicating by walkie talkies and they were all wearing post office-style clothing as well as make up, fake tan and glasses.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
A pool journalist allowed to tour the inside of the plane reported that it features leather seats, plush carpets, wooden panelling and walls colored tan and light brown with shades of gold.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
They’re mostly tan, but the fur around their mouths is darker brown.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
But instead of working as a tanner, he decided to become a leather tailor, and in 1985 he opened his store and workshop, Leder Bensmann.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
He was also tanner and had shaved his head.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2023
The state supplies 6 percent of the world’s king, snow, tanner and Dungeness crabs, per the institute.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2022
She’s worked for three years to perfect her skinning process, and now works with a tanner who treats the skins to her liking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
These were the cottages in which the servants lived, and where the blacksmith, tinsmith, and tanner plied their trades.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
Sen. Rick Scott will face off against one of Florida’s tannest mothers in the GOP primary this election cycle.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
Q: Is Sutter the tannest man in sports?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2014
ET – with Queens local and President Donald Trump set to enter this haven of Hamptons tans and Honey Deuce buzzes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2025
More than a few bore tans so dark that they were browner than me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
Pumped-up lips, spray tans, hollowed-out cheeks and false lashes are just some of the characteristics of the “Mar-a-Lago face” that Donald Trump adores in his women.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2025
“I wasn’t burned out, I was maxed out in the experience,” Mr. Clinton said while sitting in his Upper East Side Manhattan apartment, decorated in soothing creams, tans, beiges and other neutral colors.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
He paints a pair of shoes, one sole up, one sole down, browns and tans, with light and white, though he is still using black.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
NANTUCKET, Mass.—On a recent morning, a tanned Dave Portnoy appeared to be living his best rich-guy life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Within minutes of the announcement, memories of the elegant and tanned designer began to flood social media.
From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026
"It's often portrayed as fashionable to be tanned all year round," he said, noting how easily accessible sunbeds are, with many high streets filled with salons.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
"Health is so much more important than being so tanned for some Instagram pics," she said.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
Omakayas had to admit—the hide she had tanned was beautiful.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
Who needs umbrellas when you’ve got a tanning bed, a chin-up bar, beef-tallow stockpiles, and a gallon of only-sometimes-poisonous raw milk?
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: Get a summertime glow, no matter the season, with these expert-recommended tanning mousses, sprays and drops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
They also proposed displaying cigarette-style images at sunbed shops and tanning salons to dissuade people from using them.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
He did, however, quickly stop using MT-II, the tanning peptide that years ago was dubbed the “Barbie peptide.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
“They gotta figure out how to keep a tan and avoid the sun at the same time. But it’s, like, the 1800s, so there are no tanning beds. Chew on that.”
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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