beam
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I do not need a service worker to beam.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Instead, the researchers used a powerful beam of light, known as the pump, with a carefully designed pattern that temporarily altered the optical behavior of a material.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
A second, weaker beam, called the probe, then passed through that material.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The new beam could also make much more precise laser spectroscopy experiments with muonium possible.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Lasers beam from it and scan the streets below.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Instead of building obvious nests, they can spend nearly their entire lives hidden inside beams, framing, furniture, and other dry wood, slowly carving out galleries as a colony grows.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
In the evening, two beams of light will project skyward from lower Manhattan, symbolic of the towers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Catherine, Princess of Wales, beams on the front page of the Sun, which reads: "We're all grin it together".
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Now, Eatherly’s ilk gloats about verbally terrorizing American citizens going about their day-to-day lives on American streets and beams this content around the globe for money.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Guardian beams down the coordinates of Courage’s location to me.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
In 2014, she snapped up two penthouses in the chic Tribeca neighborhood for about $20 million and combined them into a nine-bedroom, nine-bath abode with beamed ceilings, a curved staircase, and enormous windows.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
"My customers love it and then some of them, for example, they come in Spode, they can't move, in front of the entrance, like 'oh my god i'm in Stoke, i'm in Spode'," she beamed.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The man behind me beamed as he watched me take items out of my basket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Mechanic remembered a party sometime pre-presidency for Witkoff’s wife, Lauren, where Trump was beamed in via video with a birthday greeting, but he couldn’t place when that was.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Frigg did not recognize the woman, but the woman beamed when she looked at Balder, and Frigg was indeed proud of her son.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
It’s common for multiple news choppers to arrive at the scene of breaking news, beaming live images for newscasts and streaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
“They were both beaming the entire night,” an unnamed guest told the outlet.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
The second, three minutes later, was stamped right through with class, bringing a beaming smile to the face of Iraola.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
A beaming Vickye Giraldo holds her rescued kitten tight against her chest outside her ruined home in quake-hit Cali, Colombia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
He turned to Vasilisa and grinned, beaming like the actual sun.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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