pale
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“I live with many regrets and sincerely apologize to anyone I may have hurt through my actions,” said the onetime mogul, pale and sitting in a wheelchair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
A Groatie Buckie is a small, pale pink and white shell found on beaches across Orkney, which in local tradition brings good luck and fortune to the keeper.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Venus looks pale yellow in ordinary visible light, but the view changes dramatically in ultraviolet wavelengths.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
We ate thick slices with cold salted butter — not so much smeared across the crumb as laid on in pale slabs, because patience has never been a prerequisite for breakfast.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Torak watched it snuff the air and fluff out its pale rump fur in alarm.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Even with Wednesday's jump, growth in the company's share price has trailed other chip companies in recent months and pales in comparison to the stratospheric leaps in 2023 that followed the launch of ChatGPT.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The $300 dividend, I hope, pales in comparison, even though you were obviously confused and disappointed to miss out on the dividend.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
That growth pales in comparison with Apple, Alphabet and other tech giants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Matthew Murphy, representing Stewart Jones, said his client had showed "genuine, wholehearted remorse" but his financial gain "pales in comparison".
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Stars glitter in the western darkness, but the sky pales to gray in the east.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
Jess Jepson, 31, who lives in Manchester, says she's been dressing for the weather by wearing loose-fitting, light and airy clothes and opting for paler colours.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
In general, leopards living in open habitats tend to be larger and paler, while those in forested areas are often smaller and darker.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
By then, Thyri, paler than usual, couldn’t crawl or stand up on her own, James said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2024
Icing will turn a paler shade and thicken.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
The Customs officer was pale, even paler than Mom, with green eyes, auburn hair, and a five o’clock shadow.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
And what is most remembered about a performance to Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings” is “the transcendent scene of 17 women onstage, swathed in the palest and pearliest of blues.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
“It was important to figure out where those bright pinks would live alongside our palest, pastel pink and, of course, every tone of pink in between,” Gerwig says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
These cookies bake to a beautiful toasty color and are topped with an artful smear of the palest pastel icing that is lightning-fast to whip up.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2022
“The reason I’m calling it a ‘complex cream’ is because there are more pigments in the palest of beiges rather than just a cream, like Sherwin-Williams’s Dover White.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2020
It was beautiful and spacious, with walls of the palest gray-green, a wide-planked wood floor, a fluffy rug by the bed.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
However, that stock-fund investing paled in comparison to bond funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
OpenAI’s talent, funding and scientific papers paled in comparison to Google.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
But the shock of that request paled in comparison to another number.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
He was ecstatic when he got in, and quickly realized that his accomplishments on the gridiron paled in comparison to some of his new classmates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
As a result, their attainments in astronomical theory seem to have paled in comparison to their achievements in engineering, medicine, and statecraft.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
Even Marvel has recently seen lower box office results for its films — despite critical praise, “Thunderbolts*” grossed about $382 million worldwide on a budget of $180 million, paling in comparison to past films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
What, you might ask, prompted this remark from the paling former personality?
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2023
But each of those fines was for just $6,949, paling in comparison to what Metcalf received for the incident with Baynes, and speaking to how the NFL views any verbal offenses directed at officials.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
Free agency is in its infancy in MLS, paling in the impact and intrigue that grips the NBA, NFL and MLB.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2019
“No, Master Arwyl,” she responded, paling a little at his tone.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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