harlequin
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The harlequin lady beetle has helped farmers and gardeners control plant-eating pests, and defenders argue it is basically harmless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
The harlequin originated in Asia but is now well established in the UK.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
It was a romantic, whimsical collection, full of ruffs and harlequin prints and sweeping skirts, and maybe not what we’d expect from a designer known for elegant minimalism.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
There’s Anastasia Durasova’s makeup that makes a face look like that of a melting high-glam harlequin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
The clock is ticking toward midnight, the harlequin juggler at the top balancing eleven balls amongst the twinkling stars and moving pieces.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Atlantic puffins are the harlequins of the sea, colorful as a rainforest parrot—black backs, white bellies, quad-colored beaks and intensely orange feet and legs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
As Dr Elizabeth Duncan says: "Unfortunately, they do compete with and can outcompete some native ladybird species, but they like to overwinter in different environments - harlequins in our homes and seven-spots in leaf litter."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
A riot of colors, ludic patterns, and subtle riffs on harlequins.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
Pierrots, sailors, harlequins and peasants follow in the procession, small bells sewn to their costumes ringing as local brass bands play the streets.
From Reuters ● Feb. 21, 2023
He saw Ku Klux Klan hoods, skeletons, harlequins in garish colors, painted faces.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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