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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

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

As the sun sets on the Benfield Hill Nature Reserve, just outside Hove, a distinct green glimmer starts to flicker in the chalk grasslands.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Even from up here, where distance made a toy of it—a pretty glimmer of far-off glaves and old gold—he felt its atmosphere like tentacles waiting to drag him back in, and he couldn’t stop shaking.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

From Salon Aug. 16, 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

This “Farm” isn’t lacking for good intentions and, in spots, as with Woody Harrelson’s fine casting as the naïve, loyal horse Boxer, one can see glimmers of what a good adaptation might have been.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

Even as graduate hiring shows early glimmers of a rebound, summer internship opportunities appear to be getting scarcer.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

“We’re going to start every day this way,” Sydney said as the first glimmers of daylight began to peek out from the horizon.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

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

The conch still glimmered by the chiefs seat He gazed for a moment or two, then went back to Piggy.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

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

Despite the glimmering signs of stress on the domestic front, Chinese leaders recently signalled they have no intention of rolling out any major policy easing in the near term.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 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

His friends were like him, sunny and wealthy people who existed on the glimmering surface of things.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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