violet
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Previous experiments in mice had indicated that violet light near 380 nanometers could reduce myopia.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Suddenly, the world is plunged into an eerie, violet darkness.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Attendees are encouraged to wear indigo, deep blue or violet colors to get fully immersed in the Sunday gathering on Aug. 9. 10-11 a.m.,
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
High Browns need a delicate combination of bracken and common dog violet.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
I picked up my pocketbook and started back over the cold stones to where my shoes kept their vigil in the violet light.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Fresh and elegant, with serious tannins, aromas of violets and roses and flavors including pomegranate and big, ripe red berries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
A military band marches among flowerbeds of pansies and violets.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
Cover the stores’ coffins in the faded iconography of their shopping bags: respectively, a spray of violets, brown and white stripes and a single red rose.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
Her poems are powerful and dangerous, like violets pushing through concrete to kiss the sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
August used a pound of wax per candle and pressed tiny violets into them, which I collected in the woods.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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