beam
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A steel beam had pierced a subway station like a lawn dart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
As he unwraps it a huge beam of a smile emerges over his face when he realises, he now has a copy of his Desert Island Discs book choice – The 1974 Beano Annual.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the event on the White House Ellipse on Tuesday, where a steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center’s South Tower was on display, Trump gave a fresh account of his actions that day.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
"No other experiment has a facility with a photon beam of this intensity at the energy we have available," Albrecht said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
There are only two ways to cross it—an old rickety bridge, or a wooden beam.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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
If the junction is stopped, its energy can be converted into newly produced baryons that travel outward in directions perpendicular to the beams.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
He beams at Brie, and that’s when I know.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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
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
While Le Pen beamed at the cameras, brushing off suggestions her deputy would mind being sidelined and insisting "our personal ambitions are absolutely irrelevant", he barely reacted and scarcely smiled.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Her hand was clutched to her chest, and her face beamed.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
“They were both beaming the entire night,” an unnamed guest told the outlet.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Our parents wanted to see the world,” BG says with a beaming smile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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
“I will probably be beaming from ear to ear as we set off,” Cousins said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Because we’re your best friends and we do pay attention,” Zara replied, beaming.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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