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blue-gray



ADJECTIVE
leaden
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At least 17 glass-covered light boxes surrounding the structure were busted, with broken shards of blue-gray glass covering the light fixtures.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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

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

The décor is a crucial step up from Ikea — anodyne good taste, in shades of sienna and blue-gray, with a pop of burnt orange.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2022

Maxine sees the school pictures of Sonia and him in front of blue-gray backgrounds arranged on the mantel of the brick fireplace, the family portraits from Olan Mills.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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