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Refrain from calling her a pathological liar, even if just to yourself, as that will color your response to her.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Bathroom frequency and the color of your pee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Then came illustrated guides purporting to explain how an anxious shopper might distinguish horse meat from cow meat by color, texture, fat and smell.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
I heard the Proms concerts, where Beethoven bloomed with illuminating lyricism, color, rhythmic versatility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Jay Berry,” Daisy said, “what kind of pony are you going to pick out? What color will it be?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
I think that’s what I look for when I style as well, and building shapes and silhouettes and textures and colors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
They are further distinguished by their meticulous topographical, biological and marine detail and precise layering of colors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Yes, you still may savor the glory of a great player wearing your colors, but there’s a good chance they’ll be packing up shop by the time they’re 25.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
The lyrics go: "Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be / In my coat of many colors my momma made for me".
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
There were dates stamped in different colors and fonts, but one specific name leapt out at him.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
It would be easy to look at all of this — the card tables, homemade jingles, wagons stacked with brightly colored boxes — and see only an exceptionally cute American ritual.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
But Purcell isn’t the only systems failure that has colored Supreme Court elections cases of late.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
The oldest and deepest pollen and spores in the cores remained lightly colored.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The writing, in Daniel Bowles’s translation from the German, is glass-like and pristine, colored by the characters’ changing moods the way a window is touched by light and shadow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“The one with the blank square and the hairy stick and all the colored goo, boo-hoo-hoo!”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Jobs, goods and services have all but disappeared, with uncertainty coloring the future.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
“If you try and get the food dye, the food coloring right now, it’s very hard to achieve,” said Jesse Spellman, the co-owner of Utopia Bagels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Imagine squeezing a drop of food coloring into flowing water.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
Their vivid blue coloring is a result of the microscopic scales on the backs of their wings, which reflect light.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
“There’s no ‘they’ calling it anything,” I corrected, a little peevishness coloring the edges of my voice now, too.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing color
Physics - Introductory
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Unit 1, Whole-Class & Small-Group Learning
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Physics - Middle School
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