pale
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It's a similar sight in south Wiltshire where the usually green rolling fields surrounding the ancient stone circle at Stonehenge have become almost as pale as the path around the prehistoric site.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
It should be pale yellow or as close to clear as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The subtropical southern Japanese region boasts some of the world's most biodiverse hubs of normally multicoloured coral, but a 2024 marine heatwave created "graveyards" of ghostly pale or sickly brown organisms.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
On my recent rereading of “The Secret Garden,” I was delighted by the moment when Mary, initially pale and peevish and uninterested in her breakfast, begins wandering the grounds with a jump rope in hand.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
A few moments after the maid leaves a new figure is approaching through the glass door—a boy several years younger than I am, thirteen or fourteen, pale and sallow-cheeked.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
The $300 dividend, I hope, pales in comparison, even though you were obviously confused and disappointed to miss out on the dividend.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Matthew Murphy, representing Stewart Jones, said his client had showed "genuine, wholehearted remorse" but his financial gain "pales in comparison".
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
The handful of vessels getting through on any given day still pales in comparison with before the war, when more than 100 ships would traverse the channel a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
And yet, all that pales in comparison to what he has been forced to endure while his mother, Janet, twice battled cancer, affecting everyone emotionally and financially.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
When he sees the black veil and pocked skin, his face pales.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
In general, leopards living in open habitats tend to be larger and paler, while those in forested areas are often smaller and darker.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
By then, Thyri, paler than usual, couldn’t crawl or stand up on her own, James said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2024
Icing will turn a paler shade and thicken.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
As a result, Colin, who wore paler shades such as baby blue in the earlier episodes, is seen in much more striking hues this time around, such as navy blues and browns.
From BBC ● May 15, 2024
George looked even paler than he did before.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
“It was important to figure out where those bright pinks would live alongside our palest, pastel pink and, of course, every tone of pink in between,” Gerwig says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
These cookies bake to a beautiful toasty color and are topped with an artful smear of the palest pastel icing that is lightning-fast to whip up.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2022
The world seems to have embraced the notion that rosé is meant to wear only the palest shade of pink.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
In recent years, winemakers have responded to a market that clamors for the palest of pale pinks to drink the year after harvest.
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2021
Liyana slowly pulled on her oldest, palest blue jeans.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
OpenAI’s talent, funding and scientific papers paled in comparison to Google.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Microsoft Azure’s 39% cloud growth in the fourth quarter paled in comparison to Google Cloud’s 48% growth, and investors were displeased by Microsoft’s decision to allocate more computing power to internal projects.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
The world- and local-premiere efforts paled in comparison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
To the extent this was true, whatever intelligence he was able to collect on a barstool in Hong Kong paled in comparison to his boots getting muddy in China.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
Still, the physical strength the work required paled beside the dexterity needed to rethread a shuttle quickly, or, heaven help her, tie one of those infernal weaver’s knots.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
That said, the approach adds texture to a film set during Carnival, the festival’s vibrancy paling in comparison to the creative exuberance on display.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
What, you might ask, prompted this remark from the paling former personality?
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2023
But each of those fines was for just $6,949, paling in comparison to what Metcalf received for the incident with Baynes, and speaking to how the NFL views any verbal offenses directed at officials.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
Free agency is in its infancy in MLS, paling in the impact and intrigue that grips the NBA, NFL and MLB.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2019
Ged looked up at the white half-ring above the paling eastern waters, but said nothing.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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