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glimmer

[glim-er] / ˈglɪm ər /




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This week, the entertainment business got a glimmer of hope.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

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

Aileen O'Connor, chairman of Thames Valley Police Federation, said the reports that Burnham would look to exclude Cole and Bowers from the early release scheme, gave her a "little glimmer of hope".

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Unfortunately they glimmer only dimly in this staging, which is played to an audience of just 60 seated in rows of chairs in a cleared space on the first floor of the bookstore.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

There was the faintest glimmer of familiarity in it, as though he knew the story, but had forgotten it.

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

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

Some glimmers of hope have emerged from what we do know.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 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

He doesn’t look for all the red barn pieces or the daisies in the field or the glimmers of sunlit water.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

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

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

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

From BBC Dec. 21, 2023

Even in that video, however, the falls glimmered behind the human parade, shocking in their beauty.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2023

At night, they glimmered across the water: Twenty-five thousand tiny LEDs, stretching 1.8 miles across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco to Oakland.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2023

Ophie figured it was based on their mood: most happy ghosts glimmered yellow, while sad ghosts like the one sitting next to Miss Alice were outlined in shimmering blue.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

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

They were standing hand in hand in a snowy lane under a dark blue sky, in which the night’s first stars were already glimmering feebly.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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