glitter
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When we celebrate today, whether it's glitter, your hair, what nails you decide to do - every little detail matters.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Tashma, owner of glitter and body art stand Litty Glitty, said that festival adornment was "not just putting on glitter".
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
They have glitter on the ceiling, which sets the tone immediately, and a lot of big-name DJs who will do secret sets there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Tiny bits of glitter are embedded in our tiles, a bright reminder of Scott and the beauty and joy he brought to even the most mundane tasks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
There's my mom, the queen of the starfish, existing in a tornado of glitter that poisons anything else it touches.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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There is also an increasingly heretical chorus of analysts who don’t believe all that glitters is bitcoin.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Actress Helen Mirren glitters front and centre of the Times, after the 81-year-old "dazzling dame" attended the London premiere of the new series of MobLand.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Called both postmedieval and early modern, the Renaissance glitters as a bridge period that helped bring about the modern age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
It glitters from a distance: Where the 30-foot steel border fence ends, great spirals of razor wire extend up craggy mountain slopes on either side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026
Imani’s mom lets us run into the mall alone to get our slime supplies—they’ve got new colors and fragrances and glitters, all kinds of different ingredients to use.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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They glittered in gold platform heels, black and tan powersuits, and fur-lined wool dresses for the winter chill lingering in Washington.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
They also didn’t reinvest farm income or Exxon’s dividends, and they picked another specific date when gold had glittered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
They were all glittered up before that, then I walk in with my flip-flops and tank tops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
But all that glittered was not gold, as a new podcast series reveals, and questions remain about the mysterious death of the company's chief geologist.
From BBC ● May 18, 2024
A sword with an emerald hilt glittered temptingly.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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And he must keep the gap between glittering promise and inevitably disappointing results to a minimum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
As the band emerged in their trademark high-fashion, glittering outfits, the crowd danced freely, setting the tone for an evening that felt less like a routine tour stop and more like a homecoming.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
MALLORCA, Spain—This Mediterranean island is a tourist paradise, with glittering turquoise seas, hidden coves and endless white-sand beaches that have been luring Europeans for generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
“So I really am a California girl, I grew up just adjacent to the glittering lights of Hollywood, but close enough to know that there was a real business there,” Howe said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It floated in the air, glittering in the moonlight like bits of gold dust.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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