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The ice cream shop offers a rainbow of flavors.
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Recent Examples of rainbows
The rainbows over Kvarner Bay felt like another sign, this one almost a wink.
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.
—Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The belly attachment catches browns, and the aft attachment catches rainbows.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
Each pebble was hand-painted with a design, from flowers and rainbows to logos for Spider-Man and Scottish soccer teams.
—Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026
After more than 30 years, Wimberley Glassworks still flourishes and its gallery is bursting with color—plates in kaleidoscopic shades, delicate pieces glowing brightly on tables, sculptures fanning out in rainbows over the walls, as if outraged by the white paint.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
Some people are more sensitive than others to seeing these color breakups, but variables can make rainbows more or less likely to show for anyone.
—M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
Others look like burgers or rainbows.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Some of his other previous installations across the globe have stretched hundreds of feet long, mimicking natural shapes and colors inspired by butterfly wings, ocean waves, rainbows, tree canopies and abstract shapes.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.
—Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The belly attachment catches browns, and the aft attachment catches rainbows.
—Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
Each pebble was hand-painted with a design, from flowers and rainbows to logos for Spider-Man and Scottish soccer teams.
—Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026
After more than 30 years, Wimberley Glassworks still flourishes and its gallery is bursting with color—plates in kaleidoscopic shades, delicate pieces glowing brightly on tables, sculptures fanning out in rainbows over the walls, as if outraged by the white paint.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
Some people are more sensitive than others to seeing these color breakups, but variables can make rainbows more or less likely to show for anyone.
—M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
Others look like burgers or rainbows.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Some of his other previous installations across the globe have stretched hundreds of feet long, mimicking natural shapes and colors inspired by butterfly wings, ocean waves, rainbows, tree canopies and abstract shapes.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rainbows
varieties
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In many varieties of pessimism, such as Camus’s, the obligation to compassion also entails something like solidarity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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Savor Salvadoran Fare Meantime, Gloria’s Pupuseria serves up mouthwatering Salvadoran-style food, including several varieties of pupusas, pasteles, and tamales filled with chicken and potatoes.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
13 May 2026
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“Rainbows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainbows. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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