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Walking through the Redondo Beach farmers market, I found myself staring at a small amber jar labeled “Bison Tallow Moisturizer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Parts of the UK are set to enter a second week of temperatures above the heatwave threshold, with amber and yellow heat health alerts issued for between Sunday night and Wednesday night.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Red warnings across the South East have been lifted, but an amber warning for extreme heat remains in parts of Kent, Surrey East Sussex and parts of West Sussex.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Taking an alcohol marker, he tinted the lights a soft amber, allowing him to highlight the art in the room without adding harsh overhead lighting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
He gestured toward the black mamba and the mongoose again, and as if cued, the mongoose hissed, baring small, pointed teeth as its amber eyes flashed.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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I would swim early in the morning when the water was still or late at night as the sun set, casting stunning ambers and pinks streaks through the sky.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2025
The sunrise ambers and midnight blues of Joshua Cutts’s lighting design illuminate Michael’s states of mind as much as they do time and place.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
The set design by Clint Ramos and Miguel Urbino emphasizes depth of field, its white framework a receptive canvas for Linda Cho’s refined midcentury costumes and the warm ambers of David Weiner’s lighting.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
By and by the moon rose out of the pearl-greys and ambers in the east, bevies of black rooks flew homeward, and stillness settled over the face of the brown lake.
From Penelope's Irish Experiences by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
It's the light, I guess, just the same as the audience holds hands when they turn on the ambers with a circular drop for a sunset or something.
From Believe You Me! by Putnam, Nina Wilcox
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