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A column of smoke rises to the east, over the center of Kyiv, where the sky is beginning to brighten.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Jordan sewed sage green curtains to conceal additional storage spaces and further brighten the space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

There’s no sign that appearances will soon brighten.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Wangchuk studied mechanical engineering after a relative noticed his experiments with concave mirrors to brighten dark buildings and cook food.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

I'm happy to see her face brighten when she spots me.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

If you enjoy heat, ask for extra basbaas, a green chile and cilantro sauce that brightens the whole plate.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

“It kind of brightens the day a little bit because it’s just so random.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

The picture brightens for small U.S. stocks, which have an expected real return of 4.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025

Each fall, the Taurid meteor shower brightens the night sky from late October through early November.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2025

The sky fades from reddish yellow to black and then brightens all over again.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Rather than struggle with the weight of expectation, his performances have improved as the spotlight on him has brightened.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

“Companies assessed their current business situation more positively. Their expectations brightened again. The German economy continues its recovery,” said Clemens Fuest, president of the Ifo Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

When it was time for an elder gent to step to the podium, the judge brightened.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Her work focused on periods when the galaxy's X-ray output brightened in flares and on how the X-ray signal evolved in the hours afterward.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

Then his face brightened, and he looked at me.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

After the analysis, she was able to pick from care packages, each with a different purpose, such as slowing aging, hydrating the skin, clarifying it or brightening it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

A street artist known as the "Minion Man" has turned his attention to brightening up his area's dirty and vandalised street cabinets.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Already, the technical picture for stocks is brightening, signaling that the rebound in chip stocks and the broader momentum factor seen this week might continue, Kettern wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Even so, Stevenson emphasized that the findings should not be interpreted as a blanket rejection of marine cloud brightening.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

It’s got a picture on the cover of what looks like the Nile at dusk, with a palm tree lilting left, echoing the brightening moon, and the purple sky rolling up from the horizon.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini