ruddle

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Verb
  • Come on, babe, and take a look at all the many celebrities who have rouged their knees and rolled their stockings down with the cast of the Broadway show (all 58 of them!) 01 Olivia Holt The actress and singer, 25, made her Broadway debut in Chicago on April 10, 2023, at the Ambassador Theatre.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
  • In ancient Egypt, both men and women were known to rouge their cheeks with a mixture of brownish-red pigment.
    Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
Verb
  • Rhubarb is primarily depicted in various shades of red, but depending on the variety, its color can range from pale green to crimson.
    Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The same gochugaru, or red-pepper powder, that stains crimson a head of napa cabbage kimchi is also used in other banchan, various dressed salads called muchims and uplifting jorims, or braises.
    New York Times, New York Times, 13 June 2022
Verb
  • In some shots, embers can still be seen glowing amid the wreckage.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
  • His second story collection, Chemical Valley, won the Alistair MacLeod Short Fiction Prize, received glowing reviews, and was a finalist for the Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the ReLit Award.
    Nicola Davison, Hazlitt, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Pop princess, Sabrina Carpenter, is renowned for her prominent pink blushed cheeks.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Her frequent, flirty, faux-bickering visits — more than two dozen over the show’s 11 years — were comic gold, with a nearly blushing David Letterman often barely able to contain his glee.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Company officials had said there was no indication that the water was actually contaminated, but urged customers to flush the plumbing in their homes.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Instead of the mirror moving insides its housing, the entire housing moves, so the mirror can sit flushing against it.
    Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • However, these plants bloom at different times so rather than going by the calendar, use the rule of thumb to prune after they are done flowering.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In this season of the Apple TV+ series, video game programmers confront new challenges, including a shifting video game landscape, as stars rise, egos clash, and new relationships bloom.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Ruddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruddle. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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