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shade

[sheyd] / ʃeɪd /








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Or is it that the shade of his green skin makes them appear more chiseled under bright lights?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The subterranean Manhattan version is 17,000 square feet—a massive footprint in a famously cramped city—with wavy walls covered in tiles the same green shade as a Swedish princess cake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

I fully re-landscaped the backyard; purchased new patio furniture; planted trees that have grown nicely and provide shade that wasn’t there before.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Between the blazing sky and the scorched ground, people do what Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuściński once observed in another furnace-hot landscape in Africa: devote their energies to "the search for shade and a breeze".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

It has a tiny yard with a big shade tree and a garage with a basketball hoop!

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko




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