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A column of smoke rises to the east, over the center of Kyiv, where the sky is beginning to brighten.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Jordan sewed sage green curtains to conceal additional storage spaces and further brighten the space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

There’s no sign that appearances will soon brighten.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

In a tribute the extended family of five-year-old Nala said "her smile could brighten the darkest day"

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

For a time the morning seemed to brighten, the sky going to a lighter shade of silver, but then the rains came back hard and steady.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

“It kind of brightens the day a little bit because it’s just so random.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

Cranberry sauce really brightens up a Sides-giving spread, and the sweet-tart flavor profile is completely different than any of our other side options.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025

The picture brightens for small U.S. stocks, which have an expected real return of 4.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025

Each fall, the Taurid meteor shower brightens the night sky from late October through early November.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2025

She brightens, like it’s the best idea she’s ever had.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

“Companies assessed their current business situation more positively. Their expectations brightened again. The German economy continues its recovery,” said Clemens Fuest, president of the Ifo Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Her work focused on periods when the galaxy's X-ray output brightened in flares and on how the X-ray signal evolved in the hours afterward.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

"She was always cheerful, positive and kind, with a smile on her face and a warmth that brightened the day of those around her," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

The company’s prospects brightened at the end of that year when it completed its first-ever controlled landing of a Falcon 9 rocket, paving the way for reusable rockets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

There was no shame in working with your hands and returning home at night to a glass of ice water and the satisfaction that you'd brightened someone's afternoon with a pock-free fender.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

After the analysis, she was able to pick from care packages, each with a different purpose, such as slowing aging, hydrating the skin, clarifying it or brightening it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

A street artist known as the "Minion Man" has turned his attention to brightening up his area's dirty and vandalised street cabinets.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Already, the technical picture for stocks is brightening, signaling that the rebound in chip stocks and the broader momentum factor seen this week might continue, Kettern wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Marine cloud brightening has often been proposed for the eastern sides of ocean basins because of its strong cooling potential.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

Tendrils of vast gossamer gas clouds formed, colonies of great lumbering, slowly spinning things, steadily brightening, each a kind of beast eventually to contain a hundred billion shining points.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan