purple haze
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“When the sun started to set, I swear to you, it was like a purple haze over the stadium,” recalled Bailey, then UW’s senior cornerback who snared an interception in the second quarter.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
"It wasn't very visible to the eye, only a very slight purple haze above the horizon but obviously the camera can pick up so much more," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2021
In his defense, he also mistakenly referred to the blue wave or the blue shifts as a "purple haze."
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2020
Peters has left quarterbacks in a purple haze, returning two interceptions for touchdowns in four games, a 67-yarder against the Seahawks and one for 89 yards against Cincinnati.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2019
The rattling kingfisher might come up the stream, and the blue crane sail silently through the purple haze that hung between the swamp and the bayou.
From Dr. Sevier by Cable, George Washington
