blush
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He met my eyes right as I started to blush, and I looked away fast, embarrassed at having been caught staring.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
This may seem like a paradox at first blush.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
Some hedge funds are shorting shares that at first blush don’t seem very related to the fighting, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
Indeed, some staples are now trading at multiples that would make tech stocks blush.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
“Oh, how I used to scold! Makes me blush to think of the things I said. And now the poor man’s buried in the ground, and I won’t be scolding him again, that’s for sure.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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