beacon

Australia's prime minister and fellow parliamentarians led sombre tributes Monday to "beacon of decency" and colleague Helen Haines, who remains in hospital after being struck by a car outside her office a week ago.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

“Japan feels a sense of responsibility to safeguard the ideals of the United Nations as our beacon of hope,” Takaichi said on Tuesday.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

But under Steinem’s editorship, which lasted until the sale of the magazine in 1987, it became both a beacon and a lifeboat for many contemporary women—a centerpiece of feminism’s second wave.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

“The UC system has long been the shining beacon of higher education throughout the world,” the senators wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The beacon could be seen from more than thirty miles out at sea.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

Growing up, he said, American research universities “were really like beacons on a hill for me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

It is now starting to build military-grade infrastructure like navigation beacons.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Minute-by-minute location tracking is based on GPS data, pings to nearby cellphone towers, Bluetooth beacons and Wi-Fi connections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

For many years, astronomers have relied on distant supernovae as cosmic beacons to study the universe and test the laws of physics.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026

“I’m not supposed to be here at all. We threw away our GPS beacons weeks ago, trying to get away.”

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi