the blue
Example Sentences
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For Denise it came as a bolt from the blue.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
At the factory in Yiwu, China's wholesale hub in the east of the country, workers affixed chains to the blue and white Messi "goats", which are designed to be attached to bags.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
None of this came out of the blue.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
The news came out of the blue, and the shock is one of my first memories.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
There was not a speck of cloud in the blue sky.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
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