firefly
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That’s harder than trying to spot a firefly right next to someone flashing their high-beams at you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
America’s most-visited national park is home to 19 different firefly species.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Scribner: We have over 50 automated elements, including the turntable, lifts, firefly hatches in the deck — they’re individually programmable pieces, but they’re run by operators who press buttons rhythmically and in the right order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
“It takes the light coming from the firefly and bends it and amplifies it so we can see it in glorious detail,” he told BBC News.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2024
In the light of his sword, Percy’s face was like a large firefly - a hovering, momentary smudge of brightness in the dark.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
He has also used the technology for art installations with flexible rods that, when speared into the ground, have tips that glow in the dark like fireflies on tall grass.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Some female fireflies, including those of the Smokies synchronous variety, stay on the ground while the males fly around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
By the end of the first episode, Samira is determined to stay in Hinkley Hills, warmed by new friends, enchanted by the fireflies and in love with the “sweet suburban air.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
In a way, all animals make rhythms, whether in the form of fireflies flashing, birds chirping or even a tiger pacing back and forth.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025
And Nhamo was left with the wind blowing out of the forest and the fireflies hovering over the lucerne.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
