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glimmer

[glim-er] / ˈglɪm ər /




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

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

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

This team's efforts have seen them scratched off the international red list of threatened species - a rare glimmer of hope in a country facing an extinction emergency.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The first glimmer of our AI future revealed itself a decade ago in the form of a single black stone.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

It was a long shot, but hope was better than despair, and Ophie clung to that glimmer of a better future with clenched fists.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

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

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

The party is pointing to some glimmers of hope among these election results, including Westminster and holding on to other councils such as Harlow, Broxbourne, Bexley and Fareham.

From BBC May 8, 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

There were glimmers of that again this week.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

At the first signs of dawn, the first pink glimmers, the first watery bird songs, Dicey opened her eyes.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

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

Cameras and cellphones focused on the Colorado quarterback, whose thick diamond-encrusted chain adorned with his No. 2 jersey number glimmered as the sun rose over the east side of Folsom Field.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 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

Under the blanket of winter white, the boulders and trees glimmered with golden threads of light, swirling and shifting with the passage of time.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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

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

The glimmering rhythm of Martha and the Vandellas’ “Nowhere to Run” sets the tone as visions of cruise culture innocence aim to make us feel as if we’re on a ride through Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 19, 2025

Dawn came glimmering, and slowly a grey light grew about them.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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