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Hargitay points to blooms a shade of pink that her mother — who famously lived in the Pink Palace, a Mediterranean-style L.A. mansion — would surely appreciate.
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Mirabella had famously repainted former editor Diana Vreeland’s red office a shade of beige, which became a metaphor for her reputation as being too unadventurous.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 27 June 2025
The son of 13-year NBA guard Jason Richardson — and who spent parts of the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons with Orlando — Jase is a smaller guard, at a shade under 6-1 and 178 pounds.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2025
But the true wow moment came from a coat of Sherwin-Williams’s Nugget, inspired by a shade in some fabric in an adjacent room.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Mirabella had famously repainted former editor Diana Vreeland’s red office a shade of beige, which became a metaphor for her reputation as being too unadventurous.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 27 June 2025
The son of 13-year NBA guard Jason Richardson — and who spent parts of the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons with Orlando — Jase is a smaller guard, at a shade under 6-1 and 178 pounds.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 26 June 2025
But the true wow moment came from a coat of Sherwin-Williams’s Nugget, inspired by a shade in some fabric in an adjacent room.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
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“A shade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20shade. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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