twinkle
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He had a twinkle in his eye, and seven of the most famous words in Dodgers broadcasting lore at the ready.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
It’s something that should have come up at your onboarding with the financial planner, even if you signed up with them a long time ago and retirement was only a twinkle in your eye.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
He does have the same twinkle and melting smile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
"You're not meant to be laughing, but you can see all your mates trying to make you laugh, and they've got that twinkle in their eye," she says.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
The twinkle of city lights barely broke through the fog, making the air look just gold-hued enough to be magical.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
At almost every window, a candle or star-shaped decoration twinkles a sign of welcome.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
To reach phones on the ground, the satellite uses a large, reflective antenna roughly the size of a racquetball court that twinkles brightly as it orbits.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 13, 2022
At the top of each hour while lit, it twinkles thanks to 20,000 flashing bulbs.
From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2022
A new video board twinkles like a Christmas tree, shuffling through odds changes on one side while the scene in the paddock beams to the families lined along the apron.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2021
My reflection twinkles in large orange eyes with slitted vertical pupils.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
In the distance, the lights of the Southland twinkled underneath a scrim of haze.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2024
For the past 14 months, the bridge’s Bay Lights art installation — 25,000 LEDs that twinkled across 300 cables on the western span of the bridge — has been turned off.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
Below it, lights twinkled in the town of Lone Pine 8,000 feet below.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
Beading on the first lady’s long-sleeved, navy, off-the-shoulder column gown twinkled; light danced in the gaps between the multitude of subtle flower appliqués that composed its outer silhouette.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
Mother twinkled with pleasure at this, which of course was his intended result, but I could tell his heart wasn’t in it, he was just throwing her a sop.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Digital creators also walked the red carpet twinkling and sparkling in cultures and sculpted dresses.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
In a twinkling, the report gets disappeared from public view and public comment as completely as if it had been dropped off the end of the Santa Monica Pier.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
The audience rehashed its hunches, they circled potential suspects, they stared at a static image of a horrific crime scene, awash in twinkling moonlight.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
Through the cockpit, the city glowed on the horizon, a strip of twinkling lights severing the night sky from the dark Potomac river.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Her eyes twinkling with laughter, Hannie took my arm again and we carried on walking back to the house.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
