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The furious, passionate Carthaginian queen reappears as a shade in the Underworld.
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Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Often grown as a shade tree, this oak adapts to many soils and is drought tolerant.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
There’s a spectrum of red that means there’s a shade to suit most complexions.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
Paul Hollywood was presumably in his dressing room, putting on a crisp oxford shirt in a shade of blue meant to make his eyes pop—a vivid cerulean, a chilly Arctic sky, or, occasionally, a fuller, velvety navy just across the color wheel from his tan.
—Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Often grown as a shade tree, this oak adapts to many soils and is drought tolerant.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
There’s a spectrum of red that means there’s a shade to suit most complexions.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
Paul Hollywood was presumably in his dressing room, putting on a crisp oxford shirt in a shade of blue meant to make his eyes pop—a vivid cerulean, a chilly Arctic sky, or, occasionally, a fuller, velvety navy just across the color wheel from his tan.
—Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
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“A shade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20shade. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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