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“I live with many regrets and sincerely apologize to anyone I may have hurt through my actions,” said the onetime mogul, pale and sitting in a wheelchair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

As a result, clouds that look pale yellow from far away could contain liquid that appears surprisingly dark when concentrated.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

We ate thick slices with cold salted butter — not so much smeared across the crumb as laid on in pale slabs, because patience has never been a prerequisite for breakfast.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Meanwhile, juveniles are pale brown with tints of bronze-green on the wings and back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Regan looked particularly wild, her blond hair, usually straight, waving out in unruly tangles and twists that made her wide frightened eyes stand out sharply in her pale face.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Even with Wednesday's jump, growth in the company's share price has trailed other chip companies in recent months and pales in comparison to the stratospheric leaps in 2023 that followed the launch of ChatGPT.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

“England vs. Argentina is a great sports story, but pales in comparison. Nice try, WSJ.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Released months after “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” this occasionally ill-advised foray into psychedelia pales in comparison to the Beatles’ masterpiece.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

On paper, the property pales in comparison with their previous dwelling, offering just 2,718 square feet of living space, including three bedrooms and three bathrooms.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Fifi pales, though her two blushed-on cheeks blush on.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

He withholds his approval to keep the paler, smaller man anxious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

Whisk the yolks and lemon juice in the bowl until they've slightly changed color, to something a bit paler, and there's some clear froth.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

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

Interviewed this week at the Manhattan offices of his longtime publisher, Random House, he is thinner, paler, scarred and blind in his right eye.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

For a moment, Harry thought that his inexpert Apparition had thrown Dumbledore off balance; then he saw his face, paler and damper than ever in the distant light of a streetlamp.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

“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

They sound almost like characters in a fairy tale when the narrator claims, “The faintest hint of affection, the palest expression of warmth, was enough to make each Oppenheimer triplet recoil.”

From Washington Post ● May 31, 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

Golds, light yellows deepening to vibrant orange, reds from the palest pink to the darkest crimson, greens, all shades, threaded in their intricate patterns, told the history of the world and its Rum.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

However, that stock-fund investing paled in comparison to bond funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

OpenAI’s talent, funding and scientific papers paled in comparison to Google.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

But the shock of that request paled in comparison to another number.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

He was ecstatic when he got in, and quickly realized that his accomplishments on the gridiron paled in comparison to some of his new classmates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

Even Marvel has recently seen lower box office results for its films — despite critical praise, “Thunderbolts*” grossed about $382 million worldwide on a budget of $180 million, paling in comparison to past films.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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

Frightened and bewildered, she stood biting her lip while Will did as his father told him, his face close up to the knifepoint in the paling dragonfly light.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman