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Her private secretary, Martin Charteris, later recalled finding the new monarch at her desk, “sitting erect, no tears, color up a little, fully accepting her destiny.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 8, 2022

Racing mode: The light bars will occasionally divide into smaller color segments to send pulsing waves of color up and down, which seems nicely matched when fast-moving objects speed by you in a game.

From The Verge ● May 2, 2022

Extending the color up the wall to the ceiling mitigates this problem.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2022

As an example, the Arizona Republic said that in July, 38% of their journalists were people of color, up from 20% five years earlier.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2021

Late that afternoon as we trudged along we spotted a bright bouquet of color up ahead, glowing dimly through the rain.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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