blue-gray
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Which left turns are the way I left them, framed by the corner of a blue-gray building I can only see when I’m dreaming.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025
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
Somebody had left the door that led to the backyard open, and the blue-gray firewood smoke that hung heavy in the living room blurred the facial features of the guests.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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