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glimmer

[glim-er] / ˈglɪm ər /




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Unfortunately they glimmer only dimly in this staging, which is played to an audience of just 60 seated in rows of chairs in a cleared space on the first floor of the bookstore.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

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

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

But reconstruction provides a glimmer of hope here, where some residents said it helps them cope with the tragedy they lived through.

From Barron's Jun. 6, 2026

The spines in their jewel tones, the glimmer of leaf.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Even with higher borrowing costs in the near term, there are some glimmers of improved affordability for home buyers.

From MarketWatch May 21, 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

Havana's real estate market is showing glimmers of revival as investors bet that a political and economic revolution is coming to the Communist-governed island.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

There were glimmers of that again this week.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

The Chrysanthemum Teahouse emblem glimmers on its side.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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 white bollards near the water’s edge glimmered in the light of two lamps on high posts.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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

“I’m ready to open my heart up again, I think you have to as an artist. We’re such lovers. We love love,” she confessed with a glimmering smile.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 14, 2024

He wore a brown wool traveler’s cloak, with silvery chain mail glimmering underneath.

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




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