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glimmer

[glim-er] / ˈglɪm ər /




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But in that 1967 episode, when she was still an unknown, the only glimmer to behold was embroidered on the host’s jacket.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

The establishment of an Amazon "fulfilment centre" at Gourock provided a glimmer of hope in the early 2000s but that too shut down three years ago.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Unfortunately they glimmer only dimly in this staging, which is played to an audience of just 60 seated in rows of chairs in a cleared space on the first floor of the bookstore.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Monday’s report had another glimmer of good news: Delinquency rates appear to be stabilizing, and fewer accounts are paying just the bare minimum.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Momma crossed her arms, the glimmer of an I-told-you-so smile creeping across her lips.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

For those of us who actually do like crepes, though, there are some glimmers of hope.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

"The humanitarian situation here is desperate, but there are faint glimmers of hope," Guterres wrote in the post on X. "We must stand with Haiti."

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

The party is pointing to some glimmers of hope among these election results, including Westminster and holding on to other councils such as Harlow, Broxbourne, Bexley and Fareham.

From BBC May 8, 2026

This “Farm” isn’t lacking for good intentions and, in spots, as with Woody Harrelson’s fine casting as the naïve, loyal horse Boxer, one can see glimmers of what a good adaptation might have been.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

But so far today, she’d only ever gotten glimmers of seeing her father as he truly was.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Beats hummed, lights glimmered and about 200 young men and women traded emerald-green tiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

The air was calm and boats glimmered far off.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 13, 2024

In a small village further up the beach, Christmas lights glimmered in the dark.

From BBC Dec. 21, 2023

Then, as he did throughout the night, Clemons took center stage and wailed on his sax that glimmered in the setting sun.

From Seattle Times Jul. 7, 2023

The kitchen fire fizzed in silver and glimmered green and violet.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

And while the movie’s legacy looks a little more macabre now, Panettiere and Trachtenberg’s glimmering performances are enough to push through the darkness.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

Alongside the spectacle of execution and the glimmering blood, Mary, John, St. Dominic and others beside Christ in many of these frescos cover their faces or turn away.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

But “Ankhmerwer”—gorgeously inscribed and illustrated and sprinkled with glimmering gold shrines, crowns, birds, gods and sun disks—rewards close looking and empathetic eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

In the closing shot, the words "we belong together" appeared over a sea of bodies dancing beneath glimmering lights at the show.

From BBC Jan. 15, 2026

Harry looked up at the stars still glimmering palely in the dark sky and listened to the sea washing backward and forward against the cliff: He was going to miss the sound.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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