crimson
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Chase Infiniti, who plays Leonardo DiCaprio's daughter in One Battle After Another, wore a sculpted, deep crimson dress which flared out beautifully at the bottom.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
He moved the family business to Encinitas, where he bought 67 acres near the railroad and Interstate 5 and planted so many patented poinsettia plants that passersby were treated to crimson waves come November.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
A sea of yellow—ocher, dandelion, goldenrod—seems to support a single tree backed by a dark vacuum, but as our eyes adjust, we realize a barn in deepest alizarin crimson dominates the scene.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Nine keys are kept in a crimson velvet bag, but only one will open the box.
From BBC • May 10, 2025
Instead, her fingers stroked the smooth threads of a crimson butterfly Pinmei hadn’t noticed before.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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