purpled

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There have not been many more moments this season when Ferguson has been more em-purpled, and he was still bickering with the fourth official, Alan Wiley, long after the game had moved on.

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  • It was purpled, viciously twisted—one of the most frightening pictures of murderous rage I had ever seen 2 Today's weird jaunt through the city had come about because, late Friday afternoon, Jack Stuart—the newest attorney at All Souls—had asked me to take on the weekend tail job for one of his clients. —  process 11
  • The grey face was marked with the now-purpled scarring around the eyes. —  TheGlassBooksoftheDreamEaters
  • They are all shapes and sizes and their colours speak of history: silvery-white interruptions of tanned skin or the purpled darkness of ageing or the pale, rosy, healthy pink of healing or dead-red dotted lines, perforated borders not letting John come apart. —  Wraithbait
  • Well done standing committee of Albany for representing the little, non-purpled people. —  Stand Firm
  • There have not been many more moments this season when Ferguson has been more em-purpled, and he was still bickering with the fourth official, Alan Wiley, long after the game had moved on. —  The Guardian World News
 

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