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And pale—so pale next to her lightly bronzed skin and vibrant lips, which still, after all these years, bloomed cherry-blossom red.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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And pale—so pale next to her lightly bronzed skin and vibrant lips, which still, after all these years, bloomed cherry-blossom red.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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For Japanese people, the flowering of the cherry blossom is a metaphor for the fleeting nature of life, and for one week before the petals begin to fall like drifts of delicate snow, cherry-blossom fever grips the city.
The Woman I Was Born to Be Susan Boyle 2010
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People celebrate with cherry-blossom viewing parties underneath the blossom-laden bows.
The Woman I Was Born to Be Susan Boyle 2010
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It is situated just on the other side of the Imperial Palace from the gardens we had visited that morning, and the car had to move slowly because of the crowds thronging the glorious cherry-blossom avenue.
The Woman I Was Born to Be Susan Boyle 2010
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(Visit during cherry-blossom season and you'll see them blanketed by blooms.)
Seoul By Peggy Edersheim Kalb 2010
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A wreath of cherry-blossom feathers lay on wet black tarmac, the impact scatter of a wood pigeon that must have been hit in flight and bounced onto the road before being tossed clear.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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It may have been during lunch -- outside, in a park in the nation's capital on a beautiful, cherry-blossom afternoon -- as public health theorist Ari Cowan held forth about working with maximum security prisoners in Washington state.
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Naeem Khan Naeem Khan, known for designing the costumes for the "Dream Girls" film, plans to show a dramatic opera coat with a matching strapless sheath bearing an embroidered cherry-blossom pattern.
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Set the table with pale pink cherry-blossom plates (119 pounds, set of four; pier. co.uk) and an acrylic orange "Ghost" candelabra (30 pounds; innermost.co. uk).
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