faint
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It’s hard to read the late secretary’s words as anything but damning with faint praise.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
As the Saguaro was moved to greater simulated distances, the surrounding galaxy became too faint to see.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
It explains the Cosmic Microwave Background -- the faint radiation left over from the early Universe -- and accurately predicts how galaxies are distributed across vast cosmic distances.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Over the next 18 months, the gentle gravitational tug of the Earth, Moon and Sun, along with light from the Sun, gave it a faint push.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Just the faint pop of Rice Krispies, the breeze blowing the trees outside, and the flap of Mrs. Adler’s flip-flops as she moves around the kitchen.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Yasser regularly faints when she tries to stand.
From Barron's ● Mar. 22, 2026
When Louise, angling for attention, participates in her church’s Inner Beauty pageant, her talent is holding her breath until she faints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
In the pilot, the third-year medical student faints the first time in the exam room and has painfully awkward exchanges with her peers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
When a green resident faints, her fellow physicians wait for her to revive before tossing her back into the fray.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025
Immediately he can smell it: the perfume is so sweet, so outrageously sweet, that he nearly faints.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
To spot S301 -- which is two billion times fainter than the star Betelgeuse in our sky -- the team of astronomers used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in the Chilean desert.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
During a total solar eclipse, the Moon completely blocks the bright disk of the Sun, making the much fainter solar corona visible.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
It is more than one million times fainter than the Sun's surface, which is why it is invisible in normal daylight.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Most cell phones now use two GPS frequency bands -- one that is older and fainter, and a second that is newer and stronger.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
Out here the roar is fainter, barely a murmur.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Like hundreds of volunteers and rescuers, he has spent hours clinging to the faintest hope there may be survivors in the rubble, despite the 7.4 magnitude quake that struck this coffee capital on Monday morning.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
She learned his signals, guessed words from the faintest cues and turned his minimal motion into living language.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
The results revealed how the faintest breeze, just 0.2 meters per second, combined with higher voltage further increased the likelihood of a worm hitting its target.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025
Even the faintest irritation, say a restaurant chain tinkering with its logo, can summon thousands to the same digital square.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2025
“I haven’t the faintest idea,” said Mr. Arable.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
I learned about chocolatines last year from the Journal’s Joshua Robinson, who fainted from embarrassment when I walked into a Toulouse patisserie and ordered a “chocolatini,” like it was happy hour at an airport Chili’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Charlie Paddock, 27, from south London, also said she "nearly fainted twice and the hot flushes were unreal", while Jess Allingham, 26, said she was "absolutely exhausted, more than normal", and had "total brain fog".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
One 32-year-old Berliner, Diane, told AFP she had fainted from the heat once already, despite drinking three litres of water.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
When the “not guilty” verdicts were announced, she fainted and had to receive medical attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
If it had been the 1800s, I would’ve fainted right there.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
For all its immortal ideas and all those outsized news reports of people fainting, “The Exorcist” could’ve faded from memory if so much of what came after didn’t prove to be a cheap imitation.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
She also experienced very low energy, hair loss, severe dizziness, fainting spells from low blood sugar and brain fog.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
As it worsens, however, it can lead to fatigue, chest pain, shortness of breath, fainting, heart failure, and in some cases premature death.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
"There was no warning," Kylie recalled, saying she "probably stopped shy of fainting" when she saw Madonna's outfit.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
I remembered the pleasure of fainting that day during the Daughters of Mary meeting and thought now how much I would like to keel over right here in the truck.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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