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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

There’s no sign that appearances will soon brighten.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Wangchuk studied mechanical engineering after a relative noticed his experiments with concave mirrors to brighten dark buildings and cook food.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Rather than trying to brighten the room, he leaned into the moodiness by buying inexpensive, USB battery-powered spotlights that are mounted on the ceiling with magnets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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

She brightens into a smile, then tears come.

From BBC ● May 29, 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

The man in the grey suit’s smile brightens considerably.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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

"She was always cheerful, positive and kind, with a smile on her face and a warmth that brightened the day of those around her," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

It will arrive after a fairly quiet year for IPOs that was brightened last week when Cerebras Systems, a Sunnyvale company that makes semiconductors for AI supercomputers, went public.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

The warm glow of a table lamp softened the planes of Babou’s face and brightened his eyes.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

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

The researchers expected marine cloud brightening to influence the climate, but not to this extent.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

Despite the uneven distribution of economic gains across sectors, receding risks of an energy-driven inflation crisis are brightening the outlook for South Korea, which is benefiting from unabated demand for AI-related products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

It is nearly ten in the morning when he wakes up again, unobstructed sunlight brightening the room.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri