as in glowing
having a healthy reddish skin tone
ruddy complexions run in the family
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Recent Examples of ruddy
Above the Belt and to the left is Orion's right shoulder, the bright and ruddy Betelgeuse.
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Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Suddenly, Newsom started appearing in places such as Bakersfield, Redding and Colusa, among the ruddiest parts of red California.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Just a few spoonfuls of flavorful cocoa (or, in some versions, a couple of tidy squares of baking chocolate) turn this cake a pale, ruddy brown, the same color as the building blocks of brown stone building facades, thus its name.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
In another image, a woman stares at a ruddy sculptural bust with her own features that seems to be staring back.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Related article Webb telescope spots six rogue worlds within a glowing cosmic cloud The variability of the black hole’s activity is likely due to the random nature of the material flowing into the accretion disk, Yusef-Zadeh said.—
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Audiences are also feeling friendly, with Cinema Score turning in a glowing A grade.—
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In between walking red carpets and attending charity events together, the pair welcomed two children, daughters Evangeline Ruth and Elijah.—
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Music’s biggest night returns to Los Angeles on Sunday, and along with it, one of Hollywood’s grandest red carpets.—
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The rosier perspective came from the perception that human beings, to varying degrees, could shape their own lives.—
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There’s a tough economic downturn in Germany and big film festivals (and film markets) are under duress everywhere, even where the times appear rosy.—
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Bury a quart-sized yogurt container so that the lip is flush with the soil surface.—
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These are some of the areas where Eli Lilly, flush with cash from its GLP-1 drugs, wants to make big bets.—
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In winter, your mid layers might be something like a 300-weight fleece jacket paired with a much warmer puffer.—
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Alternatively, warm your hands with the electric fireplace while catching a flick on the smart TV to enjoy in the winter months, as well as many cross-country skiing trails nearby.—
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The brown suede handbag or loafer are the perfect everyday essential.—
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Every white case lit by Vault A’s overhead fluorescent lights holds, on average, about 1,000 brown and white cardboard file boxes, each with neat handwritten labels noting what pieces of Idaho history are inside.—
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“Ruddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruddy. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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