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  • present tense form of blue (3rd person singular).
  • plural of blue.
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blues

[blooz] / bluz /


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"I was put me in the back of an ambulance and I remember hearing the blues and twos," he recalls.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Gone are the vivid blues and warm oranges and greens, crackling against film grain, that did so much heavy lifting for the first film’s leaden plot.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2026

Field hollers, blues, ballads, spirituals, game songs, cowboy songs: these are among folk music’s many familiar forms.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

She doesn’t imitate being the mother of the blues, as her character is known.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

The reds and blues were as bright as oil paints.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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