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As Mr. Haskell kept watching, a flock of rainbow lorikeets, in their blue-, red-, orange- and green-feathered glory, blew in, “like windblown confetti,” chasing off the figbirds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The city will prioritize homes for the buyout of the eight homes that have been red- or yellow-tagged — officially deemed unsafe to enter or unlivable, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

Managing editor Andrew Gulli found the Capote story in the Library of Congress, inside an “old red- and gold-scrolled Florentine notebook,” he writes on the Strand editorial page.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023

Then the Grulla students ran onto the stage to join their friends, and red- and blue-clad mariachis embraced each other joyously.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022

There were trees, and flower beds, and pine tables covered with red- and-white-checked tablecloths.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos