illuminations
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He left school at the age of 14 and worked in a variety of jobs, including electrical work for the famous Blackpool illuminations, before going on to become a Post Office engineer with BT.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Its velvet binding has metal corner guards bearing her crowned falcon with a lion rampant, dragon and greyhound, and Anne’s motifs recur in the illuminations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Marine life that most people never see floated into view, including delicate comb jellies with pulsing fairy-light illuminations along their sides.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Or, to paraphrase a Virginia Woolf line from “To the Lighthouse” that Rhys invoked earlier: What gets us through are “little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2025
For many visitors these nightly illuminations were their first encounter with electricity.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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