see red
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This breakthrough may finally explain why astronomers rarely see red supergiants explode, even though models predict they should account for most core-collapse supernovae.
From Science Daily • Oct. 9, 2025
Whether happy or sad, when hens get flustered they see red — and so do their farmers.
From Salon • May 15, 2024
The researchers decided to focus on what New York University philosopher Ned Block has termed “phenomenal consciousness,” or the subjective quality of an experience—what it is like to see red or feel pain.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 22, 2023
Who doesn’t see red states and blue states, only sees the United States.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022
I don’t relent until a police car pulls up, until I see red and blue lights flashing against the wall.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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