COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
praise sb/sth to the skies (= praise someone or something very much )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
blue
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Being surprised by opinion polls is like being taken aback by blue skies .
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He was walking home in a thick fog, wondering when the crisp, blue skies of autumn might appear.
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The day was idyllic, with clear blue skies and temperatures up in the shirt-sleeves.
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And yet, almost without exception, they obey the convention that clear blue skies are good and precipitation is not.
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Cars lurk beneath in the shade. Blue skies are criss-crossed with a network of overhead wires.
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Brilliant blue skies and unseasonably balmy weather prevailed.
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Clear blue skies mean you bake all day and freeze all night.
clear
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The day was idyllic, with clear blue skies and temperatures up in the shirt-sleeves.
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The days were hot, filled with relentless sunshine and clear skies .
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Endlessly clear skies and lowering water tables.
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And yet, almost without exception, they obey the convention that clear blue skies are good and precipitation is not.
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Under clear blue skies , it was hot as they bumped into the beige desert.
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Desert areas on Earth often have wide diurnal temperature ranges due to nighttime radiative cooling through very clear skies .
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This week it was 74F at lunchtime, with clear blue skies and radiant sun.
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Moreover, the pretty paper kites in the clear blue skies still outnumber the documentary versions by a long way.
grey
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The rain stops and the grey skies begin to clear.
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The grey and stormy skies made them if anything greener.
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It was a chilly May day, with grey skies and a wind which seemed thirsty for another death.
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The weather was appalling, the scudding grey skies hurling angry bursts of rain against the windows.
open
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He has been a staunch advocate of the open skies policy which has helped to open up regional aviation.
■ VERB
darken
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The Air Force intends the F-22 stealth fighter to be the grimmest perdition to darken the skies since mythological times.
look
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Karen Lansdown picks out her favourites Heaven sent Look to the skies for stunning accessories.
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Kha Yang looked into the south skies and listened for friendly air.
take
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Being surprised by opinion polls is like being taken aback by blue skies .
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This weekend a hundred thousand spectators are expected to watch more than eighty balloons as they take to the skies .
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Now gardening at his home in Oxfordshire is a passion but he still loves to take to the skies .
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The birth takes place under threatening skies .
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Publicly there were muzzy plans for when the city populations took to the skies enmasse.
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Reginald Mitchell died of cancer not long after the first Spitfire took to the skies .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
skies
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a land of blue skies and warm sunshine
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Blasted, totalled, broken-winded, shot-faced London, doing time under sodden skies .
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Both have a kind of totemic power in these skies and know and respect each other.
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Endlessly clear skies and lowering water tables.
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Helped by salt and sunny skies , snow will also melt slowly even if the thermometer stays below freezing.
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The skies are full, too.
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The Air Force intends the F-22 stealth fighter to be the grimmest perdition to darken the skies since mythological times.
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The birds call constantly in haunting high cries that make you scan the skies while they are still far away.