in the red
idiom
: spending and owing more money than is being earned
Apparently the company had been in the red for some time before it went out of business.
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Slayton slipped while running a route to the right of Lock in the red zone, initially struggled to get up and then limped off the field with a trainer before going inside for good.
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
The 6-foot-6, 265-pound Lewis played in all 17 games last season for the Bears, serving mostly as a devastating blocker on run plays, especially in the red zone.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
Ignoring these problems doesn’t mean state finances would end up in the red next year.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2024
Officers found a man wearing a red jacket in the red Buick in the 1600 block of Woodlawn Avenue, a street two blocks south of Lexington Avenue.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2024
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
The 6-foot-6, 265-pound Lewis played in all 17 games last season for the Bears, serving mostly as a devastating blocker on run plays, especially in the red zone.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
Ignoring these problems doesn’t mean state finances would end up in the red next year.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2024
Officers found a man wearing a red jacket in the red Buick in the 1600 block of Woodlawn Avenue, a street two blocks south of Lexington Avenue.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2024
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