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glitter

[glit-er] / ˈglɪt ər /




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But like the iridescent glitter in her campaign-matched chrome polish, the meaning shifts with the viewer’s perspective.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

I still find glitter ground into our kitchen tiles from the Halloween when he made his daughter a purple witch costume.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The shimmering jewelry displayed in later galleries supplies, well, more glitter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

"There's a big leap, massively, between running for office and campaigning, and all the glitter that comes with it, and then getting your hands dirty for the long haul," he adds.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Like some little kid had sprinkled glitter everywhere.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

There is also an increasingly heretical chorus of analysts who don’t believe all that glitters is bitcoin.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Actress Helen Mirren glitters front and centre of the Times, after the 81-year-old "dazzling dame" attended the London premiere of the new series of MobLand.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Called both postmedieval and early modern, the Renaissance glitters as a bridge period that helped bring about the modern age.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

All that glitters isn’t gold, but it’s easy to see why investors will continue to take a shine to it—and other metals—even after their historic run.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

His other eye has no eye patch, and the peach pit has been replaced by a diamond that glitters in the midday sun.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

They glittered in gold platform heels, black and tan powersuits, and fur-lined wool dresses for the winter chill lingering in Washington.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026

They also didn’t reinvest farm income or Exxon’s dividends, and they picked another specific date when gold had glittered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

But all that glittered was not gold, as a new podcast series reveals, and questions remain about the mysterious death of the company's chief geologist.

From BBC ● May 18, 2024

Ung’s crystal-embellished pants glittered as she moved across the makeshift dance floor; they were the same pants she’d worn the night of the shooting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2023

The images glittered as the sunlight found them.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Mallorca is a tourist paradise, with glittering turquoise seas, hidden coves and endless white-sand beaches that have been luring Europeans for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

MALLORCA, Spain—This Mediterranean island is a tourist paradise, with glittering turquoise seas, hidden coves and endless white-sand beaches that have been luring Europeans for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

In a glittering career, Brownlee said the moments that resonate most are London 2012 and the World Series coming to his home city of Leeds in 2016.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

As a precision-minded songwriter, she bestowed a kind of emotional dignity on everyday characters in hardscrabble circumstances; as a glittering pop persona, she called constant attention to the artifice of her own A-list stardom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

As she rushed into the forest, her glittering cape lit up the air around her, and a million tiny stars swirled and grew in the dark velvet fabric.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega


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