sparkle
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Brilliant blue and white stars sparkle against glowing crimson clouds of hydrogen gas, creating a breathtaking scene that resembles fireworks shining through drifting smoke.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
While those contributions lacked the sparkle of Murphy's earlier efforts they briefly restored his two-frame advantage.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
The monitor had been designed with screws in the back that had 25 concentric circles machined into their flat heads to make them sparkle as light passed over them.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Hundreds of books have been written about the Rolling Stones, but few sparkle quite like Spitz’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
They’re comically large, with electric-yellow irises that sparkle with mischief.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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A brilliant field of red, white, and blue stars sparkles across a new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, resembling a sparkler glowing against the night sky.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
That was until she joined Joels on the beach on Saturday with about six other people, after sightings of sparkles in the water the night before.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
He doesn’t read “The Night Before Christmas,” but he sparkles with the magic of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
When it comes to documenting The Beatles’ life and times, the “Anthology” series absolutely sparkles.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2025
The minute she left the hall, she felt its light begin to fade, heard the boy’s disgruntled shouts, but she kept running with the sparkles overhead.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Root has sparkled since relinquishing the captaincy, averaging over 54 since June 2022 compared to an average of 46.44 in the five years prior and scoring 16 of his 41 Test centuries.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The 39-year-old has sparkled at his sixth World Cup - a joint record with Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Mexico's Guillermo Ochoa - scoring eight goals and providing three assists.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Tuesday evening’s April quarter earnings sparkled, as sales of $3 billion and earnings 85 cents a share both surpassed analyst estimates.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
The city sparkled below like a spread of jewels, but now I had an idea what was hidden among the bright lights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
After a while there was sunshine in the woods and the air sparkled.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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"This isn't just a brand campaign for a new sparkling canned drink. It's the people who are supposed to be running the country," wrote The Times's social media editor, Esme Hewitt.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
In other words, the people ordering N/A beer, spirit-free cocktails and alcohol-free sparkling wine are often the exact same people ordering IPAs, martinis and Champagne on different occasions.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
American now offers Bottega, an Italian sparkling wine, complimentary in the main cabin on international flights, in addition to the usual red and white.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
This allows English winemakers to produce still red wines, where traditionally the cool climate had limited them to drier sparkling varieties.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The islet was bright and vibrant as the sun slowly rose, freshly washed after the storm, all its colors sparkling with a new lease on life.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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