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When someone overdoses from fentanyl, breathing slows and their skin often turns a bluish hue.
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Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
It’s accompanied by other symptoms such as chest pain, dizziness, fainting, leg swelling, or a bluish tint to lips or fingers.
—Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
Nonetheless, the film does have atmosphere, thanks to Simon Plunket’s widescreen cinematography achieving an effect that’s handsome but not prettified, a pervasive bluish lighting cast conveying an uphill-struggle melancholy in wordless terms.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
The disorder leads to symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue and cyanosis, or bluish discoloration of the skin, said Dr. Michael Levine of UCLA Health.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
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Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
It’s accompanied by other symptoms such as chest pain, dizziness, fainting, leg swelling, or a bluish tint to lips or fingers.
—Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
Nonetheless, the film does have atmosphere, thanks to Simon Plunket’s widescreen cinematography achieving an effect that’s handsome but not prettified, a pervasive bluish lighting cast conveying an uphill-struggle melancholy in wordless terms.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
The disorder leads to symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue and cyanosis, or bluish discoloration of the skin, said Dr. Michael Levine of UCLA Health.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
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“Bluish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bluish. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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bluish
adjective
blu·ish
ˈblü-ish 
: somewhat blue
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