Meerschaum starts out white, then blushes pink, turns tan, and deepens into shades of brown.
Sheffield United striker Carl Asaba grabbed a last-gasp equaliser to save the Blades' blushes against lowly Wimbledon.
Carrick spared his blushes when angling in a low shot to give the home side in front.
Why, they say, should they give up their right to UN membership to spare the EU's blushes?
It also left Worcestershire facing embarrassment, but their blushes were spared by Solanki and support act Leatherdale.
Vernon saved the Dons' blushes in the 78th minute, sliding in from close range for a hard-fought win.
The in-form Ravi Bopara top-scored for the visitors, but his 43 off 85 balls failed to spare Essex's blushes.
And he still believes England can win the final Test match and save their blushes from the ignominy of a whitewash.
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Bolton defender David Wheater had to rely on his goalkeeper, Adam Bogdan, to spare his blushes when he sliced an early clearance.
Alex looks slightly embarrassed, but the radio crackles and spares his blushes.
Though Broad then had his chances to save England's blushes at the death, by then the Dutch would not have deserved to lose.
Pitman's opener went some way to sparing the blushes of Ian Wright, who had wasted a golden opportunity to give Hereford a 21st-minute lead.
The defender was guilty of fouling Piquionne in the box, only for Jensen to spare his blushes with a fine save from O'Hara's placed spot-kick.
She sets her video camera and tape recorder, tools of the trade, on the passenger seat and blushes when she notices the boxed porta-potty in the backseat.
But Siddle had other ideas and after ending Harbhajan's hugely entertaining innings he closed the game out with a series of fine deliveries to spare Australia's blushes.
To save the blushes of one particular handset maker we won't name the company, but it took us 12 takes to shoot a video review of one of its products.
That left India 277-6 at lunch and staring down the barrel of an ignominious defeat, before captain Dhoni joined Tendulkar at the crease and set about sparing some of his team's blushes.
Carlisle almost helped them when a tame header by Evan Horwood let Freedman in on goal but keeper Keiren Westwood saved the defender's blushes by quickly rushing out to block the striker's chip.
Koumas could have saved his side's blushes instead his weak 66th minute penalty was palmed out by Agaev and the Azeri 'keeper ensured his place as a national hero as he saved Koumas' equally inept rebound.
It needed a goal-line clearance from Albanian debutant Drissa Diallo, impressive throughout, to preserve the status quo and spare the blushes of Michopoulos, who misjudged a cross to present Darren Bent with the ball on the edge of the area.
That left the fly-half with a tricky conversion to spare the Wallabies' blushes but not for the first time the ball drifted to the left of the posts as the delirious Murrayfield crowd threatened to lift the roof off the stadium.
For The Boy, as I'm calling him for the purpose of this article, to save his blushes, it's just a big mortuary filled with dead animals, apart from one very much alive, animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex, that nobody sees fit to warn you about.
The captain let a tame header by substitute Taiseer Al Jassam slip past him and into the net, but Al Husein saved his blushes just two minutes later as he again pounced on a loose clearance and saw his shot take a significant diversion into the Saudi net.
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