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glimmer

[glim-er] / ˈglɪm ər /




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A coral nursery is providing a faint glimmer of hope and has even seen the return of plankton-feeding fish.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Jewelry sales have offered a glimmer of hope for retailers this year, as wealthier shoppers spend like inflation doesn’t exist.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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

The figure was about the same height as Josie, and for a moment he felt a glimmer of hope.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

Beyond Los Angeles, there are glimmers of hope that Californians may be tiring of being taken to the cleaners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 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

It glimmers in the last light like an oversize jewel.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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

Then, as he did throughout the night, Clemons took center stage and wailed on his sax that glimmered in the setting sun.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 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

The big square-cut gem that adorned his iron cuff glimmered redly.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

But “Ankhmerwer”—gorgeously inscribed and illustrated and sprinkled with glimmering gold shrines, crowns, birds, gods and sun disks—rewards close looking and empathetic eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 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

A glimmering fairy floated up from one of the jack-o’-lanterns, peering at Seth through the slightly warped windowpane.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull


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