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[red] / rɛd /




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"We went to see the GP about the swelling and she thought it was mastitis because it was red as well and painful.,"

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“We might have different ideologies, but we’re more alike than we are unalike, so maybe somebody who votes blue will identify with someone who votes red and vice versa.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

For Netflix, that means looking outside of its once-unimpeachable red walls and embracing more reluctant partnerships with rivals, while cutting costs and overhauling old practices wherever possible.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

The other column, outlined in a red border, describes apparent weaknesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

My mind takes me back to the man with the red jacket.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

White wines, they said, came in heavier than the reds this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The right map above illustrates that shift, with lighter reds and blues showing much smaller rates of change during that decade.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Because greys typically weigh 500g - approximately twice that of reds, only they can access the contraceptive.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

"Today I see a boom in Ukrainian wineries," he said, noting that from full-bodied reds in the south to the crisp whites of the west, "our terroirs and climate are incredibly diverse".

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

My Noise is rattling like a crashing spaceship full of reds and whites and things so different it’s like my head is being pulled apart.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

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

As Arizona yielded to New Mexico, the dirt seemed to get redder and the ridges rose to form buttes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025

He got redder and redder in the face, yelling and leading the crowd in chants of “Shame on Sliwa!”

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2025

And with higher sugar concentrations, a pigment called anthocyanin is produced, making the leaves even redder.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025

It burned redder than the other stars, and did not twinkle, though sometimes it flared up bright and sometimes dwindled down to no more than a distant spark, dull and faint.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

For followers of medical disinformation, the claim that autism is linked to childhood vaccinations is the reddest of red flags.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

"It's the reddest, dustiest red supergiant that we've seen explode as a supernova," Suresh said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2025

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

Angular and elegant, he was precariously thin, with nervous hands and a shrewd albino face and a short, fiery mop of the reddest hair I had ever seen.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

Then she shooed them out and went about her work of "redding up," pacing the earthen floor with the proud tread of victory.

From The Emigrant Trail by Geraldine Bonner

“There!” she said to herself, “it will be a while before they find that, and when they do they can call it Mary Ann’s flighty way of redding up a room.”

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 by Various

It would be a good thing to have a day off for washing and general "redding up."

From The Emigrant Trail by Geraldine Bonner


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