see red
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This breakthrough may finally explain why astronomers rarely see red supergiants explode, even though models predict they should account for most core-collapse supernovae.
From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2025
That’s right, purple made the Rams see red, especially after the Vikings beat them in the 1969 Western Conference Championship, NFC title games in 1974 and ’76, and a divisional matchup in 1977.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025
The researchers decided to focus on what New York University philosopher Ned Block has termed “phenomenal consciousness,” or the subjective quality of an experience—what it is like to see red or feel pain.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 22, 2023
This is the kind of betrayal that will make him see red.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2023
Even from afar, I see red dirt covers their faces, nestling in the creases of their necks and under their fingernails.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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