pale
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Too often, it arrives over-mashed and under-seasoned — pale, pasty, faintly apologetic.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
Lajos is born with skin so pale it is almost transparent, and while Mr. Biedermann soon ceases to mention the abnormality, it introduces Lajos’s uncanny lifelong sensation of invisibility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Pink appears to have been a favorite hue for Plaza, with the primary bathroom painted in a very pale rose, while the primary bathroom also features fun lighting fixtures in a similar color.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
In Brazil's southern Pantanal, a rare pale giant otter feeds on a catfish.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Somehow the hero would have to make the rocks seem more dangerous, the reef more terrifying, the pale sands bleak and lonely—make the whole island seem like a creepy, scary place.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Vocabulary lists containing pale
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"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
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