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Raich disagrees and says he doesn’t see any of those red flags in the earnings-estimate revisions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Sentinels stand on the plot’s four corners: kousa dogwood, favored for its red accents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Roughly a month ago, Stocktwits CEO and co-founder Howard Lindzon raised a red flag on his blog about chip stocks, selling down more than half of his semiconductor-index exposure.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Enforcement agencies in America and across South America carried out the action under investigations named "operation offsides" and "operation red card".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“When you change the things you do because you’re scared of the way someone will react, that’s the red flag you need to pay attention to.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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
“When you get into the wedding scene, everybody is in pinks, soft reds, oranges and yellows,” Maciek said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
That was a remarkable tournament which saw three players dismissed in three separate games, and the all-time record of four reds in Portugal v Netherlands.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
In the penultimate frame of the match, O'Sullivan looked on course for a maximum 147 break, potting nine reds and eight blacks, before opting to go for a blue in a break of 113.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
I could still see her but she was fading: the reds and yellows of a dying summer obscured her dark form.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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
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
Grey squirrels are generally seen as less cuddly, and their very existence apparently spells death for their redder cousins.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023
Sure enough, about ten minutes later, Celia wandered back into the gym, her eyes redder and puffier than when she’d left.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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
Union steamfitter Dan Osborn is running against incumbent Republican Sen. Deb Fischer in Nebraska, one of the country's reddest states — and there are signs that the race could be much closer than expected.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 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
It tasted unbelievably tender, like the reddest steak, with a whiff of fish in the fattier bits.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2022
She was sticking out at him the longest, reddest tongue he had ever seen.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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
Mrs. Truman was redding up her rambling, 80-year-old home at 219 North Delaware St. in Independence.
From Time Magazine Archive
I wrought that morning out an' out, As I 'd been redding fire, O!
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
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 Means, Florence Crannell
"What! not remember moonlight, and Muschat's Cairn, and Rob and Rat?" said he, with the same sneer;—"Your memory needs redding up, my jo."
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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