glimmer
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Gen Z and Gen Alpha deserve a glimmer of it, a reminder that they can lib out even harder as they inherit the earth.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Many Haitians see in the Salvadoran military mission a glimmer of hope that could mark the beginning of the end of the reign of terror in which local gangs have held the country for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
A coral nursery is providing a faint glimmer of hope and has even seen the return of plankton-feeding fish.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Now, though, a glimmer of hope still exists for Russell, even if he is too realistic to think too much about it for now.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Before they can read their school primers, watermen learn how to read the sky and to head for the safety of a cove at the first glimmer of trouble.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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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
Some glimmers of hope have emerged from what we do know.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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
Soon after, I crest a rise and spot something strange ahead: glimmers of light, like moonlight shining down on a lake.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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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
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
A large ring of black, iridescent stone glimmered on Cain’s finger—strange that he’d wear it to practice.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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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
Despite the glimmering signs of stress on the domestic front, Chinese leaders recently signalled they have no intention of rolling out any major policy easing in the near term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 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
They were standing hand in hand in a snowy lane under a dark blue sky, in which the night’s first stars were already glimmering feebly.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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