scarlet
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A California fuchsia, with bright scarlet flowers, heals the soil and entices hummingbirds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
"A hit list of the haves and the have-nots - a scarlet letter," Hanks said during a heated public meeting at City Hall on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the film, Huppert's countess character returns to life in a scarlet red funeral barge sailing into in the Seegrotte, an underground Viennese lake popular with tourists.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Studies show that ʻiʻiwi, also known as the scarlet honeycreeper, face a mortality rate of about 90 percent if infected.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
“I never dreamed of such a thing. What will Mother say? I wonder if her...” there Jo stopped and turned scarlet with a sudden thought.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
As passing days begin to ignite the scarlets and the golds on treetops or twigs, Friday helped show how much their flame owes to the autumn sunshine.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2022
But I recommend staying with “Bojagi” until the shock of its variety fades and you can pick out the scarlets, eggplants and other gorgeous colors of its individual squares.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
“His brush is loaded with lots of oil paint in scarlets and pale pinks. You get a sense of the movement, texture and lusciousness of the painted surface.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2016
The scarlets, cobalts and chrome yellows are intense in some passages, depleted in others.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2010
She imagines her granddaughter pale, gliding through paleness, malnourished and cold without the food of scarlets and greens.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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