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eclipse

[ih-klips] / ɪˈklɪps /






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And on April 6, they also witnessed a 54-minute solar eclipse as their capsule continued on its orbit.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

When the helmsman said that it didn’t, Pericles asked, “so, where’s the difference between this and the eclipse, except that something bigger than my cape has blotted out the sun?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

For Glover, the "greatest gift" of the mission was seeing the lunar eclipse from beyond the far side of the moon.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

As a final show, or perhaps a goodbye, the moon temporarily blocked out the sun: a lunar eclipse.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

I didn’t know yet what my project would be next year, but it was sure to eclipse anything Tamika came up with for the seventh-grade science fair.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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