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blue-gray



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leaden
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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

Those trees have grown rapidly and now drape the wetland in shade, attracting a variety of birds, such as yellow warblers, blue-gray gnatcatchers and vermilion flycatchers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2022

When the fabric uncinched wide enough, a blue-gray hand shot out, talon-like nails curving from the fingertips.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles




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