shades

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Dressed in a grey suit and shades, Benny, 30, decided to pay rather than wait, shelling out $2,400 for one of the watches.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Just like the tourists perched above, visitors in the boats below try to get the ultimate snap: the vertical landscape looming over the Yangtze River in shades of electric blue, magenta and red.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Blackout shades were raised; people poured into the streets, shouting, dancing and embracing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

There were shades of difference among the commentators, but they mostly batted for the same team.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me at all to find a great pyramid sitting in her lap some day, crocheted in her favorite shades of pink and blue.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney