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glitter

[glit-er] / ˈglɪt ər /




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But like the iridescent glitter in her campaign-matched chrome polish, the meaning shifts with the viewer’s perspective.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

"It's the end of the glitter," professed president Nasser Al-Khelaifi after years of lavish spending, ushering out the "flashy, bling-bling" era.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

“It was all appropriated guitar bodies which Lucien had then turned into wall sculpture by either painting or adorning them with bottle caps, glitter, tin foil, etc,” Powers wrote in Office Magazine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Corsets, glitter, heavy eyeliner and dark tones mark a striking departure from the traditional image of an Irish folk musician, and it hasn't gone unnoticed.

From BBC ● May 16, 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

There is also an increasingly heretical chorus of analysts who don’t believe all that glitters is bitcoin.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Dahl’s wit may be mostly used for emotional vivisection, but it still glitters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 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

All that glitters isn’t gold, but it’s easy to see why investors will continue to take a shine to it—and other metals—even after their historic run.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

“Yeah, exactly. But, actually, boards prefer iron. All that glitters is not hovery.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

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

Flat glass marbles on the fire extinguisher “body” glittered in the sunlight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024

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

It glittered in the air, tumbling toward the floor.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

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 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. 14, 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 just stared at them with eyes glittering in the dim light like fresh copper coins.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack


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