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One former senior minister told me Reeves had "spent a lot of time and energy painting a picture of her grim inheritance in the expectation things would brighten up quickly and she could claim credit".

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

The olive brine acts almost like a finishing seasoning, bringing acidity and salinity that brighten the entire dish.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

These ancient variable stars are especially important because they brighten and dim in a predictable pattern.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

With Tehran and Washington now having agreed a deal, which is due to be signed Friday in Switzerland, hopes are growing that the outlook will brighten.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

He watched the red coals through the open draft in the stove door brighten each time the wind blew loud enough to make a low whistling noise in the stovepipe.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong

He said he had seen a few of the cranes at the site over the years which "always brightens up your day".

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

A pinch of sea salt in a sweet bowl doesn’t just make it taste “better”—it deepens everything, sharpens the butter, brightens the fruit, makes the brown sugar taste like caramel instead of syrup.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025

The picture brightens for small U.S. stocks, which have an expected real return of 4.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025

Each fall, the Taurid meteor shower brightens the night sky from late October through early November.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2025

The sky fades from reddish yellow to black and then brightens all over again.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Confidence among German investors brightened unexpectedly this month on hopes for a prompt end to the Iran war, though it still remains deep in negative territory as firms navigate higher energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

The outlook for managed-care players brightened significantly at the start of April.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

A few days after the initial flash, it brightened again, shifted to bluer light, and showed hydrogen in its spectra.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026

Head to higher elevations above 2,000 feet where there is more moisture to see slopes brightened with desert lily, sand verbena and flowering Orcutt’s woody aster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

You took the bead from him, and your face brightened slowly, like the sun peeking out from behind rain clouds.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

A street artist known as the "Minion Man" has turned his attention to brightening up his area's dirty and vandalised street cabinets.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Already, the technical picture for stocks is brightening, signaling that the rebound in chip stocks and the broader momentum factor seen this week might continue, Kettern wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

But from where we sat, it was as if we were inside a sun going up at night, the suspended bands of light brightening and intensifying our yellow abode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Esther Crain, the author of ‘The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910,’ says gold interiors served a practical purpose: brightening rooms lit by gaslight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

“No, but I do other things, some of which are really quite extraordinary,” the Earthworm said, brightening.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl