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  • Many of the higher-profile celebrities and nominees -- Portman, Franco, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Hamm -- either skipped the red well, technically greenish-blue carpet or raced down it while their publicists insisted they simply had to get inside.

    The Spirit Awards: 'Black Swan' takes best picture as the worlds of Oscar and indie film collide 2011

  • The peculiar breeding behaviour I was asking about was how these birds will abandon their completed nest for about a week before the female returns to lay her clutch of one or two greenish-blue eggs.

    Mystery bird: olive-backed sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis 2011

  • Min's slender arm reached towards Mo's face, he could see the greenish-blue veins on the soft underside of her wrist, his heart lurched, and then the hand diverted to his collar.

    X, Chapter 3: Morowitz Benjamin Matvey 2012

  • The air smelled of sage, and before us lay an awe-inspiring ocean of greenish-blue velvety mountain backs, broad valleys left behind by glaciers, and snow-covered peaks in the distance.

    Visiting Galsan Tschinag in his Yurt Katharina Rout 2010

  • I imagine the design as stucco, predominantly white or beige, or even a pale roseate color, with grey stone trim at strategic points and a mosaic dome in a greenish-blue with geometric patterning; the dome's tiling would probably most resemble the Pima County Courthouse in Tucson in overall mood.

    A Counter-Proposal for a Shrine on the West Coast 2009

  • Her eyes—greenish-blue, so different from my own dark ones—locked with mine.

    Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010

  • I gave her an “are you crazy?” glare and her greenish-blue eyes twinkled.

    Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010

  • Her eyes—greenish-blue, so different from my own dark ones—locked with mine.

    Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010

  • Her eyes—greenish-blue, so different from my own dark ones—locked with mine.

    Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010

  • I gave her an “are you crazy?” glare and her greenish-blue eyes twinkled.

    Lifted Wendy Toliver 2010

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