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[glim-er] / ˈglɪm ər /




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Jewelry sales have offered a glimmer of hope for retailers this year, as wealthier shoppers spend like inflation doesn’t exist.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 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

Sunrisers had a glimmer when Seifert skied Abrar Ahmed on 57 but Crawley dropped a tough chance and the belief ebbed out of the visitors.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

About a week and a half into her care, she was moved out of the intensive care unit, offering a glimmer of hope.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

He saw his father squeeze his mother’s hand, and she gave him a glimmer of a smile in return.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

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

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

"We have seen one or two weaknesses, glimmers, no more than that," said Nevin.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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

Even as graduate hiring shows early glimmers of a rebound, summer internship opportunities appear to be getting scarcer—while competition for them only gets more intense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

The other students fidgeted and looked around at each other, searching each other’s eyes for indisputable signs and glimmers of leadership.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

Even in that video, however, the falls glimmered behind the human parade, shocking in their beauty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2023

The sun glimmered on the sea outside his west-facing windows.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

The conch still glimmered by the chiefs seat He gazed for a moment or two, then went back to Piggy.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

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

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

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

Antonio Obá’s painting of a monk-like horseman at Mendes Wood DM, his copper-hued cloak glimmering under a turquoise sky while his gaze pierces the viewer, is a small master class in paint-handling and color theory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

"Look, Duke!" says Nala, her laser-sharp eyes focused on a glimmering orb the size of a beach ball.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein




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