blue-gray

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Even blue-gray gnatcatchers, which weigh less than 7 grams, managed to pick at bits of a cicada like eating pieces of BBQ chicken.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 19, 2023

Shorebirds twittered and blue-gray waves lapped and whooshed, bringing the sounds of the beach to the Central Valley.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2023

They came as a downy covering on a buttery white top with some feathers jutting out haphazardly, or on thick texture blue-gray flared pants evoking an anthropomorphic bird.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Surveillance cameras captured several of the attacks and showed a blue-gray Chevrolet Malibu with a license plate number that was registered to Chamberlin, according to an FBI affidavit included in an earlier criminal complaint.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2022

I noticed Dadi’s hands, the soft blue-gray of her veins resting under her thin, dry brown skin.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani