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yellow

[yel-oh] / ˈjɛl oʊ /




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That may seem like a small change, but it’s a yellow flag for people who follow these things closely.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

According to the CHP, Maddalyn’s Acura was struck by a yellow Chevrolet Camaro and a black Dodge Charger that sped into the intersection.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

In Cali, in the southwest, Jorge Leon described the pain of "starting all over again" as he walked beside a yellow truck loaded with his belongings.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Here, grated yellow summer squash and onion spend the better part of an hour over low heat, slowly becoming soft, sweet and jammy.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

On the end of each string was a good-size celluloid ring—one was blue and the other was yellow.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The outside world recedes, and the colors of the house’s interior slowly deepen from cheerful yellows and blues to muted greens.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Russell insisted he had slowed sufficiently for the Verstappen incident, and said there was just a single yellow flag showing, rather than the double waved yellows which might have been expected for such a situation.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Visitors can expect yellows and splashes of orange, with more flowers sprouting every day.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

According to Uefa rules, any player sent off by the referee - whether that is via two yellows or a straight red - is automatically suspended for the next match in European club competition.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2026

About my perception: everything is sharp and clear, each sensation heightened and illuminated so that reds and yellows and blues glow.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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

I stood quietly in the doorway in my black sheath and my black stole with the fringe, yellower than ever, but expecting less.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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

Not even the yellowest journals suggested that Banker Morgan was selling his pictures because he needed the money.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pears, There are many different kinds; but the large Bell Pear, sometimes called the Pound Pear, the yellowest is the best, and in the same town they differ essentially.

From American Cookery The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables by Amelia Simmons

Hook always wanted to bite Cosmo with his few remaining yellowed, tiny teeth that Delilah compared to candy corn.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

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

Once Cora had gleaned what she could from the yellowed pamphlets, she started on the old almanacs, with their projections and ruminations about the tides and stars, and bits of obscure commentary.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

As Gray worked with old, yellowing scans of Lee’s drawings in Photoshop, he accidentally inverted the colors.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

One ledger of yellowing pages vividly evokes the cases of patients from 1919, the year after the end of World War I.

From Barron's Feb. 4, 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

She had crouched down in front of Joaquin upon his arrival at her house, smiled with her yellowing teeth, and said, “Do you know what iced tea is, sweetheart?”

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway




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