blue dot

Example Sentences

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He grew up in a blue dot in red Tennessee, so setting the show in the suburbs of Austin, Texas, felt familiar.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

One large blue dot at South Georgia island in the South Atlantic Ocean, for example, signifies 130,611 whale catches, most of them fin whales.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

So, too, did using Galileo to look for life on Earth, says Kaltenegger: “This is how we can use our pale blue dot to provide a template for the search for life on other planets.”

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023

“I’m nervous, but the image of the pale blue dot gives me courage. I just think of the moment as something occurring in that small little speck.”

From New York Times • May 9, 2023

Far down Parkland Drive the small blue dot of their father’s BMW began to approach.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng