glitter
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“It was all appropriated guitar bodies which Lucien had then turned into wall sculpture by either painting or adorning them with bottle caps, glitter, tin foil, etc,” Powers wrote in Office Magazine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Tiny bits of glitter are embedded in our tiles, a bright reminder of Scott and the beauty and joy he brought to even the most mundane tasks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
To stand out, he suggests using glitter in hair partings or your shoulders.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Shirts by Niamh, a business providing custom designs, has more than 100,000 followers on TikTok and charges up to £35 for shirts with glitter, gems, spray paint and feathers.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
I sit on my bed and reach for the picture of my mother in a frame covered in sweet candy pieces and glitter.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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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
Dahl’s wit may be mostly used for emotional vivisection, but it still glitters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 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
The ring is so pretty—it kinda glitters on the silky white satin.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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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
It enticingly glittered as much as a four-harped orchestra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
Though her art and her social life glittered for a period, she later faded from prominence, and died in 1980.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
He pointed at another full of golden orange powder that glittered like a tiny pulverized sun.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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The space galleries capture more of the shuttle exhibit’s sense of otherworldly drama: dark, amorphous, windowless spaces with graphics of glittering stars and planets on the walls and spotlights lending pop to each surreal artifact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Louis and Louise Cahen d’Anvers were Jews who had settled in Paris in the mid-19th century and become part of the cosmopolitan financial aristocracy during the glittering decades of the Belle Epoque.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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
The flashy and perhaps overwhelmingly bright Chromeo took the Stardust Stage just before 9 p.m., with David Macklovitch donning a T-shirt with a very low neck and a glittering blazer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Ernesto,” the woman said, her eyes glittering with something like malice or spite as she looked at each of my sisters and then settled on Mamá.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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