gleaming
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On her 19th birthday, a ship worker extracted a gleaming pearl from an oyster and placed it into her palm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Stewart smudged her face with gray makeup, cut a few rips in her least-loved jeans, sliced up a gleaming white cardigan and held up a clipboard that read, “I Am Hungry Help Me!!”
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
Schools built big computer-science departments with gleaming new buildings and technically trained faculty.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
But on his new solo album, “Thrasher,” he trades the Killers’ gleaming, synth-laced rock for the crackling sound of hand-played country music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
With a flick of his finger, he made it spin, gleaming, glinting.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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