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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

One former senior minister told me Reeves had "spent a lot of time and energy painting a picture of her grim inheritance in the expectation things would brighten up quickly and she could claim credit".

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

I walked into the forest and kept going until dawn began to brighten the eastern edges of the sky.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

A squeeze of lemon sharpens, a handful of dill or parsley brightens, fried shallots or breadcrumbs add texture, a drizzle of oil or aioli brings richness.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026

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

And some economists question whether growth prospects have fundamentally brightened, especially outside the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Gillian Jones said she liked it and it "brightened her day".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

“Often gliding by on her skateboard, with a smile that brightened her gorgeous blue eyes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 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

Farooqi’s eyes brightened as they darted back and forth.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

Those changes in visibility produce the distinctive pattern of brightening and dimming that the astronomers had struggled to understand.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

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

Across the stalk land, into the pine woods, into the climbing, brightening glow of the dawn, the boy followed the dog, whose anxious pace slowed from age as they went.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong