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Recent Examples of bloodred
The landers will also be there during a total lunar eclipse, as seen from Earth, as the moon passes through our planet’s shadow and gains a bloodred glow on the night of March 13 and the early morning of March 14.
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Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
In Viñales, limestone knolls, or mogotes, emerge from the valley's bloodred earth like upturned loaves.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
This flare was both preceded and followed by incredible bloodred auroral displays that engulfed the planet from the poles to the tropics.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2012
As for her beauty look, Pugh opted for a soft smoky glam with subtle cat eyeliner, a pink lip, and a bloodred manicure.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Mar. 2023
Nancy Reagan stood by in her bloodred dresses, red as an AIDS ribbon, red as gore.
—Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
This Surrealist look comes courtesy of Bronson van Wyck, who bucked tradition with a bloodred tree, a circus tent enclosure, and a saintly topper.
—Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 14 Dec. 2022
The fiancés often venture out in coordinated daring outfits, whether that means Fox dressing in a hot pink metallic set that matches MGK's hair or the actress sizzling in a naked Mugler dress while her man sparkles in a bloodred sequined suit.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Oct. 2022
Wildfires burning along the M25, the main highway surrounding London, suggest otherwise; the same is true of the extreme-heat warnings, 100-degree temperature, and bloodred weather maps.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 19 July 2022
Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
In Viñales, limestone knolls, or mogotes, emerge from the valley's bloodred earth like upturned loaves.
—Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
This flare was both preceded and followed by incredible bloodred auroral displays that engulfed the planet from the poles to the tropics.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2012
As for her beauty look, Pugh opted for a soft smoky glam with subtle cat eyeliner, a pink lip, and a bloodred manicure.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Mar. 2023
Nancy Reagan stood by in her bloodred dresses, red as an AIDS ribbon, red as gore.
—Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
This Surrealist look comes courtesy of Bronson van Wyck, who bucked tradition with a bloodred tree, a circus tent enclosure, and a saintly topper.
—Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 14 Dec. 2022
The fiancés often venture out in coordinated daring outfits, whether that means Fox dressing in a hot pink metallic set that matches MGK's hair or the actress sizzling in a naked Mugler dress while her man sparkles in a bloodred sequined suit.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Oct. 2022
Wildfires burning along the M25, the main highway surrounding London, suggest otherwise; the same is true of the extreme-heat warnings, 100-degree temperature, and bloodred weather maps.
—Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 19 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodred
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Photo: Getty Images While celebrity society seems to have evolved past the most literal musings of method dressing on press tours, Sweeney and Dickson intelligently play with the concept of the scarlet woman with these dramatic, crimson looks.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
5 June 2025
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Ann, her hair short, her jacket and ankle boots a crimson power statement, remained seated during the 90-minute show.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Over the later part of the weekend, North Texans could see a reddish orange sky from the dust.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2025
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Above the strike is a reddish phenomenon known as a sprite, which sometimes occurs in the atmosphere between 50 and 90 km above a lightning strike near the surface of the planet.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
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In between walking red carpets and attending charity events together, the pair welcomed two children, daughters Evangeline Ruth and Elijah.—
Ellie Beeck,
Peoplemag,
6 Feb. 2023
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Unusually, its tan Connolly leather interior is contrasted with red carpets.—
Joe Lorio,
Car and Driver,
5 Feb. 2023
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The company’s new Aura glasses ($385) change from cool blue to purple, ruby, and even crystal clear with the tap of a finger.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA TODAY,
13 Jan. 2025
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Trump won Missouri by 18.5 percentage points and 15.4 percentage points in 2016 and 2020, respectively, solidifying the state’s transformation from perennial bellwether to ruby-red bastion with a grassroots Republican base that is very supportive of the 45th president.—
David M. Drucker,
Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2021
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“Bloodred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodred. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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