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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
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
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
Nancy Reagan stood by in her bloodred dresses, red as an AIDS ribbon, red as gore.
—Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 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
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
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
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
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
Nancy Reagan stood by in her bloodred dresses, red as an AIDS ribbon, red as gore.
—Grant Sutton, Vulture, 28 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodred
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Her makeup included timeless elements from her bold brows and lined eyes to the splash of color that was added with her bold crimson lip.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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On a foggy November morning in 1882, Maunder noticed another, even bigger spot on the crimson Sun.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The bodies and the reddish stains are only visible in the satellite images taken on Monday and Tuesday, after the RSF takeover.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Melted over the mixture are two perfect squares of American cheese, a shower of sesame seeds, and the aforementioned reddish-pink burger sauce.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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Consuelos suited up in Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs uniform, while Ripa nailed Swift's game-day style with a red-and-white windbreaker, denim cutoffs and a backstage pass.—
Diana Pearl,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The bracelets were sold in green, red, pink, orange, yellow and blue.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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The viral TikTok dance sensation inspired by Wednesday star Jenny Ortega’s quirky moves that is set to the sanguineous 2011 Lady Gaga song has blown up so big that even Mother Monster couldn’t resist throwing her black veil into the ring.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
9 Dec. 2022
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The Institute of Agriculture notes that there are a few hummingbirds that surface between November and late March in Tennessee and other Southern states, but these birds are not typically ruby-throat hummingbirds.—
Jordan Green,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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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
Adjective
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The colors are too much for words: imperial purple, incarnadine orange, gold.—
Ben Huberman,
Longreads,
8 Sep. 2017
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“Bloodred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodred. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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