beacon
Example Sentences
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“They see national greatness entirely through the lens of dollars, and not the lens through which America has long been viewed—as a beacon of hope.”
The country was seen as a beacon of political stability — and a bulwark against the Soviet Union — during the 1950s.
From Los Angeles Times
During the abolitionist movement and the war itself, the North Star became a practical element of enslaved African-Americans’ looking to the heavens, a beacon of freedom and hope.
Let’s hope that Mr. Guan is granted asylum to live freely in his adopted country that was once, and must continue to be, a beacon for liberty.
She’s a beacon, so to speak, especially for us Latina women.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
