shade
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As a result, her wall and sidewalk remain unchanged, and her house is painted the same shade of red it was when she moved in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
He also recommends the capital's parks - villa Borghese, villa Adriana, Parque de Acquedotti - for shade, and visiting the underground Catacombs of San Sebastian and San Callisto.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
"We just lie outside under the shade because we can't stay indoors," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Though Ali seemed to be at peace with what happened with “Blade,” he still threw some shade Marvel’s way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
His face is a pasty shade of grayish white.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Gray shades embellished with a circular “Hogwarts Express” logo covered all the windows, so visitors can’t see outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
That sort of black-and-white thinking was always going to clash with the shades of gray in Christopher Nolan’s smash-hit adaptation of “The Odyssey.”
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has released a dazzling new image featuring more than 500,000 stars glowing in shades of red, white, and blue.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
“Having to close the shades just feels so depressing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
An agent lifts the shades from my face.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Venetian tour guide Fiona Giusto, who runs Venice Tours, plans most of her routes around shaded stopping spots.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
That leaves fewer shaded, humid spaces for water to pool and mosquitoes to hide, as well as more access for mosquito predators such as birds and larger insects.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Reflective films, blinds, shutters, awnings and shaded roofs can all reduce heat gain.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
He was speaking from the shaded courtyard garden of his Mayer am Pfarrplatz heuriger, down the steps from the room where Beethoven stayed while composing part of the Ninth Symphony.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Jinny watched intently as Nat leaned back, looking thoughtfully at her picture, then licked a fingertip and smudged at the stone in a way that shaded the face, made it appear even more alive.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
He said the focus should be on "passive cooling" such as better designs, shading and ventilation.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Measures such as mechanical ventilation or shading don’t work when the heat is relentless, experts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
On the sidewalk outside a charging station in downtown Abuja, women shading themselves with umbrellas sell mangoes and peanuts steps away from a Tesla Cybertruck.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
McGee accentuates Kenneth’s somber shading to a degree that risks sentimentalizing the character.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
She’s shading her eyes to block the sun.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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