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Going apple picking today, at least in the pale of New York, can feel a little like lunging for a seat on a crowded subway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Cooler white dwarfs with atmospheres containing both hydrogen and helium can develop cyan or pale blue coloring.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

“I live with many regrets and sincerely apologize to anyone I may have hurt through my actions,” said the onetime mogul, pale and sitting in a wheelchair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

A Groatie Buckie is a small, pale pink and white shell found on beaches across Orkney, which in local tradition brings good luck and fortune to the keeper.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

In that small opening, the sky is cloudless, so pale blue it’s almost white.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Even with Wednesday's jump, growth in the company's share price has trailed other chip companies in recent months and pales in comparison to the stratospheric leaps in 2023 that followed the launch of ChatGPT.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Released months after “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” this occasionally ill-advised foray into psychedelia pales in comparison to the Beatles’ masterpiece.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

But this strategy pales in comparison to what’s possible with the newest legislation.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026

Matthew Murphy, representing Stewart Jones, said his client had showed "genuine, wholehearted remorse" but his financial gain "pales in comparison".

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Stars glitter in the western darkness, but the sky pales to gray in the east.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

The pod-like leaf called a spathe is slightly rounder and paler than the darker, flatter blades of seagrass.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

He withholds his approval to keep the paler, smaller man anxious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026

Whisk the yolks and lemon juice in the bowl until they've slightly changed color, to something a bit paler, and there's some clear froth.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025

Interviewed this week at the Manhattan offices of his longtime publisher, Random House, he is thinner, paler, scarred and blind in his right eye.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

Slughorn turned paler than ever; his shiny forehead gleamed with sweat.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

“It was important to figure out where those bright pinks would live alongside our palest, pastel pink and, of course, every tone of pink in between,” Gerwig says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024

These cookies bake to a beautiful toasty color and are topped with an artful smear of the palest pastel icing that is lightning-fast to whip up.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2022

The world seems to have embraced the notion that rosé is meant to wear only the palest shade of pink.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2021

In recent years, winemakers have responded to a market that clamors for the palest of pale pinks to drink the year after harvest.

From Washington Post ● May 6, 2021

She went to the window and stared out, trying to spot the bird among bare oak branches that stood out black against a broken sky of gray and palest blue.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

But it paled next to the annualized return of 13% on the S&P 500, the index to which her annuity was linked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

But the shock of that request paled in comparison to another number.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

Some guests said security protocols paled in comparison to the security screenings that VIPs faced when they went to exclusive after-dinner parties on Saturday night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

Microsoft Azure’s 39% cloud growth in the fourth quarter paled in comparison to Google Cloud’s 48% growth, and investors were displeased by Microsoft’s decision to allocate more computing power to internal projects.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026

But there was only hazy glitter where the blue of the sky paled at the edge of the sea, and the sea took up the pallor and made it sparkle through the shimmering air.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Even Marvel has recently seen lower box office results for its films — despite critical praise, “Thunderbolts*” grossed about $382 million worldwide on a budget of $180 million, paling in comparison to past films.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

What, you might ask, prompted this remark from the paling former personality?

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2023

But each of those fines was for just $6,949, paling in comparison to what Metcalf received for the incident with Baynes, and speaking to how the NFL views any verbal offenses directed at officials.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022

Free agency is in its infancy in MLS, paling in the impact and intrigue that grips the NBA, NFL and MLB.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2019

I absolutely must go in by myself, though I hate being stuck up in the barouche-landau without a companion; but Augusta, I believe, with her own good-will, would never stir beyond the park paling.’

From "Emma" by Jane Austen