the blue
Example Sentences
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None of this came out of the blue.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Those sponsored leaflets and postcard mailers that end up as makeshift coasters, mosquito swatters or unread refuse that goes straight from the mailbox into the blue recycle bin.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Daly monitors a receiver that tracks tagged sharks in the blue waters just off the beach.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Out of the blue, we get this settlement, and then when we think we’ve seen it all, we get the addendum.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
But they told that story way too often about how excited they’d been, getting that call out of the blue, getting Jonah.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
