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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 announcement has, so far, been met with little enthusiasm in Gaza, though some people told the BBC they saw a glimmer of hope.

From BBC Jul. 31, 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

In the tangle of balled-up socks and dust and ratty magazines sat the Converse shoe box—the glimmer of red star on the lid, the march of thick blue letters along the side.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

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

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

"We have seen one or two weaknesses, glimmers, no more than that," said Nevin.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Mr. Pollack also finds some glimmers of policy progress.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 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

Soon after, I crest a rise and spot something strange ahead: glimmers of light, like moonlight shining down on a lake.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

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

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

Sheer mermaid gowns and dresses with sinuous three-dimensional florets glimmered with paillettes and tulle.

From Seattle Times Mar. 4, 2023

It was a round silver medallion with a jewel in the center, and in the depths of it a faint light glimmered.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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

It was a glimmering memory of my own.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken




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