The glossy black fin and back of a minke whale rose a hundred yards astern, two yellow-striped dolphins broke water and plunged down again, and then the flow of the turned tide could be seen as a chop on the water, small standing waves that indicated the Minch was reversing its direction.

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Though we mostly handled the books only by their covers (or paged briefly through to ascertain that no dunce had striped the pages yellow or pink with a Hi-Liter), we communed deeply with them, felt certain that only we deserved to abide with them.

NEWYORKER: The King of Sentences

Indeed, we opted to drive around the Pyrenees from Barcelona on the easy-to-navigate E15 motorway, stopping off in Girona, where the local houses are bedecked with yellow-and-red-striped banners the colors of Catalonia.

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The landscape was familiar there were trees, there was dirt, there were rocks but then very odd: the earth seemed to be striped in brown and yellow, like peanut butter and cinnamon at the first twirl of a mixing spoon.

NEWYORKER: Max at Sea

He was wearing his yellow shirt, along with a rust-colored jacket, a striped tie of rich burgundy silk, and gray woollen slacks: his best clothes.

NEWYORKER: The Reptile Garden