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sun

[suhn] / sʌn /


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Fully-automated Tuuci umbrellas leverage integrated heaters to provide shade from the sun or warmth during a chilly night.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

I lounged under the blazing afternoon sun with full brightness, and made the screen super dim in an otherwise pitch-black room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

It keeps clocks aligned with the sun, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Since then, Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull have all had their time in the sun, and out of the past 12 races, Mercedes have won six, Red Bull three, McLaren two and Ferrari one.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The sun had already made half her journey.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

These extraordinary objects were already shining with the light of roughly a trillion suns when the universe was only about 670 million years old.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

In Nepal's eastern plains, rival political flags depicting blue bells and red suns flutter over tea farms and brick homes -- symbols of a local election campaign shaping landmark nationwide polls.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

The background of the artwork echoes Van Gogh's Starry Night with two suns hanging in the sky that aim to represent the meeting of the two artists and their styles.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

Seems bright — a black hole flared with the light of 10 trillion suns.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025

And on the countless other planets that may circle other suns, is there life also?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

A barred owl hooted and shook its feathers in a sycamore above the creek, and red-bellied cooters sunned themselves on half-submerged logs.

From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026

Because the home has been staged, buyers won’t be able to sit at the very kitchen table where the Kardashian clan gossiped over salads, or the poolside lounges where they often sunned themselves.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

She settled on a grassy knoll, sunned herself and took a nap.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

On a recent afternoon, two tourists — cousins from Sao Paulo — sunned on a wooden pier after bathing in the Rio Negro.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2021

He sunned himself in their new respect and felt that hunting was good after all.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

On the banks of the Waal, the Dutch branch of the Rhine, swimmers are sunning themselves on a Nijmegen beach that didn't exist before the river level dropped a few months ago.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

He can often be seen sunning himself on the dock, with other sea lions dozing or barking away nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

In almost every case, they were nearly motionless at the surface, sunning themselves in the warm morning light.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025

It featured a shimmering statue of himself, his close ally Elon Musk enjoying snacks on the beach, and he and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sunning themselves, shirtless.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025

Around another bend and a flock of turtles sunning on stumps, Grandma pulled for the remains of an old dock.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck


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