brighten
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One former senior minister told me Reeves had "spent a lot of time and energy painting a picture of her grim inheritance in the expectation things would brighten up quickly and she could claim credit".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The olive brine acts almost like a finishing seasoning, bringing acidity and salinity that brighten the entire dish.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Some may instead brighten when the explosion's shock wave crashes into surrounding material.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
With Tehran and Washington now having agreed a deal, which is due to be signed Friday in Switzerland, hopes are growing that the outlook will brighten.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
I'm happy to see her face brighten when she spots me.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
“It kind of brightens the day a little bit because it’s just so random.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
He said he had seen a few of the cranes at the site over the years which "always brightens up your day".
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
A squeeze of lemon sharpens, a handful of dill or parsley brightens, fried shallots or breadcrumbs add texture, a drizzle of oil or aioli brings richness.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
“With the record high gold prices, stronger sales volume growth brightens its earnings growth outlook,” the analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
“A little off the sternum, sir?” my father asks him, and Mr. Banerji brightens at the word.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
A December day in Stalingrad in 1942: “The dark clouds shed their burden, then brightened and climbed higher into the sky. The fog froze, settling as a thick white powder on army telegraph cables.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The outlook for managed-care players brightened significantly at the start of April.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
A few days after the initial flash, it brightened again, shifted to bluer light, and showed hydrogen in its spectra.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026
Head to higher elevations above 2,000 feet where there is more moisture to see slopes brightened with desert lily, sand verbena and flowering Orcutt’s woody aster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
The sky overhead brightened, and turned from black to blue, like the healing of a bruise.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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
The reason lies in how marine cloud brightening changes local weather.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
Despite the uneven distribution of economic gains across sectors, receding risks of an energy-driven inflation crisis are brightening the outlook for South Korea, which is benefiting from unabated demand for AI-related products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Her face brightening, Emeline explained that she was going home to Indiana to spend Christmas with her family.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
