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eclipse

[ih-klips] / ɪˈklɪps /






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He will also eclipse Kane in terms of appearances.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Another called secondary eclipse, which is the method we used for this study, is when the planet passes behind its star, and we can measure how much light is lost.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

When Aggrey discovered that a total solar eclipse would be visible in Valencia, Spain in August, he made a last-minute trip across the border to photograph the cosmic event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Her daughter would arrive 13 days late, she wrote, “in the face of a solar eclipse and meteor shower,” which places the child’s birth date around Aug. 12.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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

The $22.6 billion deal far eclipses the French industrial group’s $11 billion purchase of Aveva in 2023 and its $3.1 billion agreement to acquire Cognite in June, the analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

It eclipses the 50,000 job cuts General Motors made after it declared bankruptcy in 2009.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Pamela Paul got hooked on total solar eclipses in 2017 and has been chasing them ever since.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Such events are sometimes informally called "Martian solar eclipses."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

They studied the movements of the moon and planets and predicted eclipses.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

On the other hand, yields on highly rated U.S. corporate bonds eclipsed 6% this week for the first time since 2023.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday began examining one of its top justice's ties to a jailed banker, in an unprecedented crisis that has eclipsed the country's presidential election campaign.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Hunt said the responses to Sweeney's advert have eclipsed the controversy.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

For a while this summer, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were in the doldrums, eclipsed by the shinier lights of surging artificial-intelligence stocks and prediction markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Muriel glowered at Grandma, the joy in her gaze eclipsed by spite.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Tuesday’s mixed data, combined with inflation and trade figures released earlier this month, suggest that a K-shaped growth path is becoming further entrenched in the world’s second-largest economy, with external demand significantly eclipsing domestic demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

During the 14-year tenure of Ryan Lance, ConocoPhillips reached a market capitalization of $140 billion, eclipsing British oil giant BP.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The deal would set a new transfer record for an English player, eclipsing the £116m fee Manchester City agreed with Nottingham Forest for another Three Lions midfielder in Elliot Anderson earlier this summer.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

SpaceX’s market capitalization reached $2.8 trillion on Tuesday, eclipsing e-commerce giant Amazon, and made SpaceX the fifth largest public company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

A lush garden dripped from the ceiling, eclipsing the previous illusion.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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