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gleaming

[glee-ming] / ˈgli mɪŋ /


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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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