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
Across the river there was a cotton field, but so far away it was that the stalks were but a purple haze under the afternoon sun.
From The River Prophet by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)
