How to Use in the red in a Sentence

in the red

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  • Beavers drive down the field, but get held up in the red zone.
    Ndaschel, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Twice the Bengals settled for field goals deep in the red zone.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Farmer: The Rams have shown an inability to close the deal in the red zone.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • For a pop of color, shop the V-neck in the red leaf print or the solid French blue hue.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Roglic began the day in the red jersey and appeared to be the strongest guy in the race.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2024
  • New Orleans’ defense was stout in the red zone, which kept the score close.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index notched the second-straight week in the red for the first time since April.
    Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2024
  • Red zone, dead zone The Packers were in the red zone — inside the 20-yard line — four times last week.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Another key to excelling in the red zone comes with the run game.
    Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • Asasha Hall, his sister, isn’t sitting in the red seat.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The defense forced three turnovers on downs, including two in the red zone.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Freeman pressed O'Malley about his team not scoring twice in the red zone and a trick play that had gone awry.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • In the next few years, graduations would once again deplete the school, putting it back in the red.
    Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
  • Cere watched a shadow pass over his eyes, reflected in the red light of his blade.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Offense had some success in two minute there at the very end of the series, had some success in the red area.
    oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Brown faced a fourth-and-5 in the red zone where nothing developed.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The Ravens are in the red zone again, and this Denver offense is not designed for 14-point comebacks.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
  • New Orleans has struggled in the red zone all season and Hill appears to be the cure for those ills.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The paper, which ended 2022 in the red, has laid off staff and made other cuts in recent months.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 12 June 2023
  • One side of the hallway is adorned with balloons in the red, white, black and green colors of the Palestinian flag.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Last year, the Razorbacks struggled in the red zone and fell 29-27 on the road in another winnable game.
    Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 24 Nov. 2023
  • At the same time as many airlines have been posting profits, Hawaiian has been in the red.
    Jeremy Lott, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The only sector stuck in the red was energy as oil sold off.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The Jaguars scored a total of four touchdowns — three in the red zone — and allowed just three sacks and six tackles for loss all day.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 12 Aug. 2023
  • One play was a reverse pass that was intercepted in the red zone.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Read the full list of Tony winners, in addition to the fashion standouts in the red carpet gallery.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 June 2023
  • In the late 1800s, there were only a few families homesteading in the red rocks region.
    Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
  • In terms of addressing issues, Freeze says taking care of the football in the red zone is first on his list.
    Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The Democrats give out friendship bracelets and signs, excited to engage with fellow Democrats in the red state.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
  • By early Friday, Detroit and other cities were back in the red zone.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2023

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