glimmer
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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
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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
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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
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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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