beacon
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America still remains a global beacon of freedom and hope.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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
“He was a beacon of light — full of laughter, friendship, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to serving our community,” Gordon told the paper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
Salla had waited until the beacon of the Night Lamp shone off the Valyrian's port bow before he put him off.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Some ships are sailing “dark,” as it is known in the industry, turning off lights and traveling without navigational beacons known as AIS, or Automatic Identification Systems, that help prevent collisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 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
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
“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
Vocabulary lists containing beacon
George H.W. Bush (1924 -2018) Tribute List
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