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colorful

[kuhl-er-fuhl] / ˈkʌl ər fəl /




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On a recent afternoon, English-speaking schoolchildren ordered colorful beverages at Starbucks in a slick shopping mall filled with premium boutiques and tech offices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

In the spring, the yard was full of colorful wildflowers, but for the rest of the year, it stayed dormant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Shafts of wheat, different varieties of grapes, and colorful baskets of figs, pomegranates and other fruit sit atop spires and other structures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

There, Lightning gets to know the town’s colorful cars and discovers that glory isn’t all it’s cracked up to be if you have no one to enjoy it with.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

They wore colorful snowsuits and skated out on the ice with Lance the Snowman!

From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene




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