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glimmer

[glim-er] / ˈglɪm ər /




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But in that 1967 episode, when she was still an unknown, the only glimmer to behold was embroidered on the host’s jacket.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

Sunrisers had a glimmer when Seifert skied Abrar Ahmed on 57 but Crawley dropped a tough chance and the belief ebbed out of the visitors.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

About a week and a half into her care, she was moved out of the intensive care unit, offering a glimmer of hope.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

The first glimmer of our AI future revealed itself a decade ago in the form of a single black stone.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Then, one day, he looked at me with a glimmer in his eye.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

For those of us who actually do like crepes, though, there are some glimmers of hope.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

UN chief Antonio Guterres cited "glimmers of hope" for Haiti in a visit Tuesday to the impoverished Caribbean nation long plagued by political, economic and security woes.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

Beyond Los Angeles, there are glimmers of hope that Californians may be tiring of being taken to the cleaners.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

The party is pointing to some glimmers of hope among these election results, including Westminster and holding on to other councils such as Harlow, Broxbourne, Bexley and Fareham.

From BBC May 8, 2026

There were glimmers of better times to come, but they were just glimmers.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Beats hummed, lights glimmered and about 200 young men and women traded emerald-green tiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Cumberbatch trends drier, but even as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Strange, he glimmered with comedic depths.

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 2025

In a small village further up the beach, Christmas lights glimmered in the dark.

From BBC Dec. 21, 2023

Then, as he did throughout the night, Clemons took center stage and wailed on his sax that glimmered in the setting sun.

From Seattle Times Jul. 7, 2023

Their summits glimmered pale and jagged as a row of sharpened teeth.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

And while the movie’s legacy looks a little more macabre now, Panettiere and Trachtenberg’s glimmering performances are enough to push through the darkness.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

Alongside the spectacle of execution and the glimmering blood, Mary, John, St. Dominic and others beside Christ in many of these frescos cover their faces or turn away.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

In the closing shot, the words "we belong together" appeared over a sea of bodies dancing beneath glimmering lights at the show.

From BBC Jan. 15, 2026

Antonio Obá’s painting of a monk-like horseman at Mendes Wood DM, his copper-hued cloak glimmering under a turquoise sky while his gaze pierces the viewer, is a small master class in paint-handling and color theory.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

Dawn came glimmering, and slowly a grey light grew about them.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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