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The titular “hare with the amber eyes” in Edmund de Waal’s memoir is a netsuke, a tiny Japanese carving intended as a fastener for use with a kimono.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

It is not known whether the same effect can be achieved in people or how long the immune system would stay in amber alert.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Then the arrival of Storm Chandra on Tuesday exacerbated an already soggy situation prompting the Met Office to issue amber weather warnings, external.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

And in the center of the room, in a small oval alcove, sat the prized piece—the amber swan.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys