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glare

[glair] / glɛər /
NOUN
very bright light, shine
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Coronagraphs: Glare from bright stars can blot out fainter light from planets and debris disks orbiting those stars.

From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2022

Soon Hedda discovers a mysterious message written under the pinafore of an eyeless Raggedy Ann doll by her younger self, which leads her to the Dark Web and a game called the Glare.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2020

Glare from the afternoon sun obscured the cabin of the police car, but a hand from the driver’s side gestured for Timothy to pull over.

From Nature • Oct. 22, 2019

Glare of publicity He made no attempt to avoid the glare of publicity as members of the intelligence community have done when summoned to the Inquiry.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2010

Take it and live it beam by beam, Motes of light on a gleaming stream,    Glare by glare and glory on glory Through to the ash of this flaming dream!

From Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses by Henley, William Ernest




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