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At 22, the Chilean singer-songwriter, most identifiable by her fire engine red tresses, is one of the most visionary newcomers in the latest wave of post-urbano Latin artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
But they said if governments wanted "world-class, reliable mobile connectivity" then planning systems needed to be "modernised", adding that "cutting this red tape is vital if operators are to deploy new sites".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The sharp selloff in the Treasury market has many bond funds facing negative total returns in 2026, and bond exchange-traded funds in the red for the year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Fast-fashion retailer Shein Global’s 625 -12.36%decrease; red down pointing triangle rocky start as a publicly listed continued as its first earnings since listing disappointed, reflecting the strain of persistent geopolitical headwinds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
But the moment he was waiting for came and went, and still the forest around him blazed red, the sucking wind dragging him away.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The right map above illustrates that shift, with lighter reds and blues showing much smaller rates of change during that decade.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
But why can reds and greys not live cheek by jowl?
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
"Today I see a boom in Ukrainian wineries," he said, noting that from full-bodied reds in the south to the crisp whites of the west, "our terroirs and climate are incredibly diverse".
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
When she learned a colleague could not tell the reds from the greens in a presentation, she stepped in with a colorblind-friendly palette.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The lights in each room are specially treated, greens and blues in one, reds and oranges in another.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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As a galaxy moves away, its light is stretched toward redder wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
This is because the sunlight it reflects reaches us through a more dense part of the Earth's atmosphere which scatters blue and violet light, and means only the redder hues reach us.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
As Arizona yielded to New Mexico, the dirt seemed to get redder and the ridges rose to form buttes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
He got redder and redder in the face, yelling and leading the crowd in chants of “Shame on Sliwa!”
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2025
Bertha kept shaking her head and her face got redder by the minute.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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And for the open seat in Iowa, Democrats seem likely to nominate a two-time Paralympic gold medalist who represents the reddest state house seat held by a Democrat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
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
And with mass production also came newfound competition amongst farmers to see who could bear the most beautiful — in this case, the reddest — apples possible.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023
Danny Mitchell—he of the reddest hair in our school—turns around from the seat in front of us, sipping from a juice box.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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Mrs. Truman was redding up her rambling, 80-year-old home at 219 North Delaware St. in Independence.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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It looks very well mixed with water, like redding; but it gives it a glossy appearance to boil the lead in soft soap, with a little water to keep it from burning.
From The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia Maria Francis Child
The room is, of course, very clear and clean and simple: not by any means cheaply equipped, but designed to economize the labor of redding and repair just as much as possible.
From The Cost of Shelter by Ellen H. Richards
You should have seen the idlers aft and the boys forrard, redding up as if all their mothers was expected.
From A Man in the Open by Roger Pocock
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