beacon

In this new installment, Rainier represents a beacon of light for Gemma, a role that taught her a lot, Shaye says.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

For generations, the 103-year-old Catholic parish has been a beacon of solace and resistance for residents angry about the latest indignity to befall the historic heart of Latino Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

"This beacon of science is more ambitious than ever, with exciting plans already under way that will ensure the UK's relevance and leadership in the rapidly evolving domain of space exploration and utilisation," it said.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

It acted like a molecular beacon, allowing scientists to detect and isolate BiP more easily during experiments.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

Thousands of blinking bulbs lined the wheel’s axle and spokes, so that its shape glowed like a beacon across the fairgrounds.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Meantime, producers have been trying to move what they can through Hormuz by crossing near Oman with their location beacons turned off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Call them curmudgeonly roadblocks to progress, or the last beacons of sanity on the road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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

That makes us all time travelers of a sort, too, beacons of an increasingly distant era in which it was possible to be unplugged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

She was silent, lips pressed together, staring out at the blackness and the reflections of torches and LED beacons on the waters.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi