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yellow

[yel-oh] / ˈjɛl oʊ /




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A move toward a resolution could push bond yields down and boost the bullion, while a setback would strengthen the dollar and place pressure on the yellow metal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Until very recently, prices for the yellow metal had mostly been declining from a dramatic peak reached early in the first quarter.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Movistar's Reusser retains the yellow jersey after the 153.4km ride from Montbrison to Tournon-sur-Rhone, holding a 12-second lead over Dutch rider Demi Vollering.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

In the front gardens, yellow and red roses bloom to match the houses’ exteriors; in the back, a sunny 4-foot cocktail pool with a natural limestone border awaits guests.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

He stood in the middle of the trail, his long, queer-shaped nose raised to the wind and his yellow eyes fixed on us.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

An FIA spokesperson said that a single yellow was shown initially, before it was upgraded to a double yellows, by which time Antonelli and Russell had gone through.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

However, there will only be a narrow corridor for the VAR to overturn second yellows.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2026

The yellows are like the palo verde trees that bloom brightly in the streets.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2026

Roughly 8 feet square, this dense frontal forest of figures—part human, part animal, part vegetal—in acidic blues, yellows and greens, is Cubist, Surrealist, Afro-Cuban.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 31, 2026

It’s kinda cool to watch the blues and pinks and yellows swirl around and get soapy.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

As well as this, "he was just getting yellower and yellower", she said.

From BBC Jan. 9, 2025

Removing the bluer light from the sun should make it look a bit yellower.

From Scientific American Sep. 1, 2023

Light bulbs with warmer or yellower tones are more suited to our circadian rhythm than bluer light — that’s why the “night” mode on your smartphone uses them.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2022

It had red writing spelling out the brand name Velveeta, the cheese substance that, depending on your color sense, is either bold gold or yellower than school bus yellow.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2022

Only the yellower ones survived because they were more fit to survive the torrid weather.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Mallory Ortberg: “Jeeves, bring me my whangee, my yellowest shoes, and the old green Homburg. I’m going into the Park to do pastoral dances.”

From Slate Feb. 22, 2017

Fishkill Farms has the best eggs with the yellowest yolks.

From New York Times Nov. 17, 2016

A Hogarthian cast of characters, from Britain's lordliest media barons to subalterns on the yellowest of yellow rags.

From The Guardian Nov. 29, 2012

They imported from Publisher Hearst, then at his yellowest, some of the country's leading scarehead artists.

From Time Magazine Archive

The yellowest puppy has purloined a bone from some unknown quarter, and is carrying it with him triumphantly.

From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess

Ms. Brown keeps yellowed documents from the farm’s early days, including the 1741 deed to the property from Lord Thomas Fairfax, who owned millions of acres in Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

They simply weren’t my taste anymore, and I didn’t like how the resin had yellowed over time.

From MarketWatch Jun. 16, 2026

One of the most intimate items in the collection is Monroe's 1950s brassiere that the auction company said had "yellowed due to age" and was inherited by Monroe's acting coach Paula Strasberg.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Fruit stored at 30°C yellowed rapidly, while mangoes kept at 12°C maintained their color longer because chlorophyll breakdown slowed significantly.

From Science Daily May 23, 2026

He was fifty-five years old, but he looked like an old man, with yellowed eyes and arms too heavy to move.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

On the yellowing front page, 20 or so young Greenlanders smile, feet planted in the snow.

From Barron's Mar. 3, 2026

It’s the moment of yellowing when lead starts becoming gold but isn’t gold yet.

From MarketWatch Jan. 28, 2026

The rest of the yellowing is a sign not of bad hygiene but of natural teeth “within a range of normal for that age,” Taylor said.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2025

Symptoms include fever, weakness, fatigue, nausea, loss of appetite, yellowing of the skin or eyes, stomach pain, vomiting, dark urine, pale stools and diarrhea.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 2024

The corn, which had been so green and strong, was now striped with yellowing leaves.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby




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