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shade

[shayd] / ʃeɪd /








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She added that older trees like the Bendy Tree are part of a community's culture, providing shade and stories.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

"The council have put a bench underneath it where people can come and sit in the shade and enjoy views of the Mournes and of the sea," Martin said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Iñárritu spends the film’s first quarter setting the scene and characters — strangely quite literally, raising what looks like a stage curtain but is revealed to be a window shade.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The worst part besides the tight squeeze: The young passenger in the window seat kept the shade down during the total solar eclipse he was excited to see from the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Then, sitting in the shade of a palm tree, she knotted the squares down the sides and across the bottom.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

A corona of cosmic doom shades the horizon of “Miss Wolcott’s Ghost.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The star attraction are Shetland's native sheep and the earthy shades of cream, brown and black of their wool.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Playing versions of the Chaplins, the Holbrooke sisters share shades of classic Herzog characters while being quite unlike any of the eccentrics he’s brought to life before.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

The post also featured Dordick dressed like the Terminator, with the signature shades and leather jacket.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

More than thirty envelopes in various shades of pink sat stacked in an old shoebox.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

Experts have also pointed to land-clearing practices used to make room for plantations as another factor facilitating the spread of wildfires in Indonesia, with naturally fire-resistant forests replaced by less dense and shaded vegetation.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Short came to embody the inverse of that picture, the shaded gloom lurking in places that escape sunshiny illumination.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

The corner of the yard, shaded by mesquite and shoestring willows, had fallen conspicuously quiet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

“A resort-style pool, tranquil lily ponds, meandering pathways, shaded terraces, and a full-size tennis court create moments of both recreation and quiet reflection, where the sounds of nature replace the pace of everyday life.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

As she shaded in Greenleigh’s short hair, she realized the mermaid looked a little like June.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

For Hartnett, shading in a complete picture, warts and all, is essential to making a character believable.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

In the rush for everyone to claim tech-company status, we lost a lot of good shading in many iconic logos: Warner Bros.,

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Research on overheating in homes shows that shading and ventilation can be important passive cooling strategies: reducing indoor heat without mechanical cooling.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

It’s notable that Aviv uses only the first part of the quote as the essay’s title, shading its meaning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

"The comet's so bright you can see it by day now," Sam said, shading his eyes with a fistful of books.

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




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