blush
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Thomas’ dissent is, in many respects, more emotionally complex than either his admirers or his critics, like me, were at first blush ready to admit.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
So this is a selection of my favorite songs that will make you blush, but also make you laugh and dance.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
As she talks, she carefully dabs concealer under her eyes and adds some pink blush and highlighter to her cheeks.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
At first blush, that might sound like a win for investors, since higher yields tend to mean better returns.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Too early even to do my chores, I drank the coffee black, sitting on my steps, watching the sky blush the palest pink.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
But an alert Gabriel put in a last-ditch effort, applying just enough pressure to distract Simeone as he got his shot away and save Saliba's blushes.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
The victory also helped save the blushes of Italy's Champions League sides in this season's competition.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
“Will, thank you so much!” shouts a fan, and underneath his thick beard, the pitcher blushes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
Autochromes possess the light-dappled depth of Impressionist paintings, the powdery precision of pointillism, the honest blushes of butterfly cheeks, and the palpable textures of gleaming silks and gilded velvets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
She blushes, her thumb still on Rosie’s shoulder.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
He blushed and actually agreed before letting me go home.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025
Instead, they found that when participants blushed watching their own performances, there was activity in regions of the brain involved in emotions.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024
It’s a small to medium sized, pink blushed apple.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
When he finally removed the tiny clips pinching off the blood supply from the aorta, the kidney blushed pink, a good first sign.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2023
I had been far too shy to ask the teacher what it meant, and Mama had blushed scarlet when I consulted her.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
In “Ready or Not,” Weaving’s blushing bride-to-be, Grace, discovers that she’s marrying into a family of devil-worshippers who sold their souls for eternal wealth, and they must sacrifice her to keep the money rolling in.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
A high line at a deep free-kick was sliced open with one delightful daisy-cutter, and a scrambling Jack Butland was left blushing for a second time in the first half.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
A gallery blushing in a deep wine color, with the theme of “Leisure and Labor in the American Metropolis,” is almost ready.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025
Beamer - A term for a flushed or blushing face, especially one resulting from embarrassment.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
Anya wasn’t sure if dragons were capable of blushing, but to her, he looked a shade of deeper red.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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