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On long red ribbons fastened to a metal structure around a tree trunk, people wrote wishes for success at work or school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Harry was at one time among Britain's most popular royals -- a military and charity trailblazer with the fiery red hair and rebellious streak.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Chinese smartphone maker Honor said Lightning - a thin black and red robot - ran the distance in 9.32 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
It’s not clear whether any of the suggestions would have raised a red flag in the case of former Councilwoman Eileen Wang.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Then a tall Elder with short black hair and red lipstick stepped forward and hugged him.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The color palette is dominated by greens, blues and violets toward the east, marking the sun’s rise, and reds, oranges and golds to the west.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Throughout the day, fans crossed the grounds in bright Latin American soccer jerseys, the eye-catching complementary greens and reds of Mexico and the rich blue of El Salvador dotting the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
A Bordeaux-style blend that embodies Black Ankle’s strength: elegant and ageable reds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
A few months ago at the Pasadena City College Swap Meet, Whitley watched Saar pass stall after stall, ignoring all the wrong blues and reds, until something suddenly caught her attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
She chose a variety of yarns in colors that reminded her of autumn leaves: warm reds and blazing oranges and golden yellows.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
These stars shine with a bright blue color that makes them appear much younger than the older, redder stars surrounding them.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
This is because the sunlight it reflects reaches us through a more dense part of the Earth's atmosphere which scatters blue and violet light, and means only the redder hues reach us.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
He got redder and redder in the face, yelling and leading the crowd in chants of “Shame on Sliwa!”
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2025
Porter was a loyal soldier — she helped local candidates win through endorsements and made progressives in the redder parts of O.C. believe they could run and win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Poor Jo blushed till she couldn’t blush any redder, and her heart began to beat uncomfortably fast as she thought what she had said.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
It’s an oasis for arts, tasteful wealth, and Southern manners in one of the reddest parts of the country.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
And for the open seat in Iowa, Democrats seem likely to nominate a two-time Paralympic gold medalist who represents the reddest state house seat held by a Democrat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
The research team looked for the reddest stars, and found 1,001 pinpoint sources of light, most of them young stars still embedded in their dusty cocoons.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2023
Even in the reddest states like Alabama and Mississippi, women are, on average, over 25 when they tie the knot.
From Salon ● May 18, 2023
When we get home, she always takes it out back and breaks it open against a rock, then scoops out the heart of it—the sweetest, reddest part—and hands it to me.
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
As Iran's young Shah came to power 20,000 Russian troops were camped outside Teheran, redding up their tanks for a triumphal entry into the city.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Truman was redding up her rambling, 80-year-old home at 219 North Delaware St. in Independence.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is generally an "auld residenter;" great, therefore, at the redding up of pedigrees.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
But she has stown the king's redding kaim, Likewise the queen her wedding knife; And sent the tokens to Carmichael,35 To cause young Logie get his life.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
He that middles wi' tulzies may come in for the redding stroke.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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