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glimmer

[glim-er] / ˈglɪm ər /




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Monday’s report had another glimmer of good news: Delinquency rates appear to be stabilizing, and fewer accounts are paying just the bare minimum.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Gil remembers, smiling, that at that moment he thought, "Oh my God, there's a step. There's a glimmer of hope."

From Barron's Jul. 5, 2026

News crews, Venezuelan officials and nearby residents were drawn to a remarkable scene that offered a glimmer of hope amid the country’s otherwise dystopian tableau.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

Yet one piece of Stellantis’s struggling business gave a glimmer of hope for Filosa: a partnership with an obscure Chinese automaker called Leapmotor.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

His expression had the insouciance and arrogance of the carnivore, for there was nothing in his demeanor where one could detect a glimmer of civilized ripeness.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Some glimmers of hope have emerged from what we do know.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Leo Tolstoy wrote that there is no happiness in life — only its glimmers.

From MarketWatch May 22, 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

Even as graduate hiring shows early glimmers of a rebound, summer internship opportunities appear to be getting scarcer.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

My own humanity was awakened, rising up to greet me with a handshake as I watched the first glimmers of sunlight peek over the horizon.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

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

This city of red-tile roofs, temperate breezes and coastal charm has long glimmered as one of those exceptional California places.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 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

One star glimmered, faintly, in the indigo heavens.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

Alongside the spectacle of execution and the glimmering blood, Mary, John, St. Dominic and others beside Christ in many of these frescos cover their faces or turn away.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 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

During our interview, Schneider repeatedly referred to stats from his Noom weight-loss app, his cornflower blue eyes glimmering as he spoke of caloric intake versus exercise expenditure in steps and miles.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 2024

The three of them sat at the top of the hill, with the lights of the city glimmering beneath them.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman




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