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In the 1830s, however, the city, then the capital of East Prussia, was “still bathed in the amber glow of the late Enlightenment,” as Christopher Clark tells us in “A Scandal in Königsberg.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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

He said the Scottish government was first told of an amber alert on the ward on 26 February.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Sunday was about the blue and the green but ended up being more about those in maroon and claret and amber.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

For some reason she pictured the animal wearing Judge Quinzy’s thick and distorting glasses, which made its glinting amber eyes appear larger and more menacing than they already were.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood