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They spotted the Death Row caravan stopped at a red light, with Shakur waving to fans while hanging out of the BMW window.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"When we see something very red in the universe, we often assume that it is surrounded by dust, like soot or ash," said Robert Simcoe, a study co-author from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Home Depot HD -2.48%decrease; red down pointing triangle Chief Executive Ted Decker will take a temporary medical leave of absence, the company said Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
We know it had something to do with security concerns, but beyond that broad explanation it's difficult to know what the specific red flags were.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
There is a banner made of red, yellow, and blue wool that says, “Welcome Joey.”
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Throughout the day, fans crossed the grounds in bright Latin American soccer jerseys, the eye-catching complementary greens and reds of Mexico and the rich blue of El Salvador dotting the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
A Bordeaux-style blend that embodies Black Ankle’s strength: elegant and ageable reds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
A few months ago at the Pasadena City College Swap Meet, Whitley watched Saar pass stall after stall, ignoring all the wrong blues and reds, until something suddenly caught her attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
She adds that it is specifically younger drinkers asking for chilled reds.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
His view into the darkness of space is empty compared to the orange and reds of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains back home.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
As a galaxy moves away, its light is stretched toward redder wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
And with higher sugar concentrations, a pigment called anthocyanin is produced, making the leaves even redder.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
But even some humans can perceive infrared, and when exposed to longer wavelength infrared light in particular ways, may perceive a pale green or slightly redder color.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2024
The closer the moon is to the Earth during an eclipse, the redder it looks, making it a super blood moon.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2024
I lay next to the corporal, whose eyes were redder than normal.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
For followers of medical disinformation, the claim that autism is linked to childhood vaccinations is the reddest of red flags.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
After his first few days on set, he returned to his dressing room to find an enormous bouquet of, as he put it, “the biggest and reddest roses I’ve seen in my life.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
The research team looked for the reddest stars, and found 1,001 pinpoint sources of light, most of them young stars still embedded in their dusty cocoons.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2023
Even in the reddest states like Alabama and Mississippi, women are, on average, over 25 when they tie the knot.
From Salon ● May 18, 2023
She wears the reddest lipstick I've ever seen.
From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds
Mrs. Truman was redding up her rambling, 80-year-old home at 219 North Delaware St. in Independence.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Iran's young Shah came to power 20,000 Russian troops were camped outside Teheran, redding up their tanks for a triumphal entry into the city.
From Time Magazine Archive
That is what she did, and furthermore she left the room guiltily, muttering something about redding up the drawers.
From Margaret Ogilvy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
It seems like I can't stay up another ten minutes," Grandma excused herself, "after the field work and redding up and such.
From Across the Fruited Plain by Florence Crannell Means
The children seeing their little duties lie in action close around them, began to try each one to do something that she suggested towards redding up the slatternly room.
From North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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