brighten

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

Rather than trying to brighten the room, he leaned into the moodiness by buying inexpensive, USB battery-powered spotlights that are mounted on the ceiling with magnets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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

He watched the red coals through the open draft in the stove door brighten each time the wind blew loud enough to make a low whistling noise in the stovepipe.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong

“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

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2025

The sun isn’t to blame for light pollution that brightens the night sky, though — we are.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025

Wendell Pierce, who always brightens the room, co-stars as the exasperated chief.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024

Then she brightens until I think she might pop.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Confidence among German investors brightened unexpectedly this month on hopes for a prompt end to the Iran war, though it still remains deep in negative territory as firms navigate higher energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 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

With these words, the glow of all four realms brightened, like jewels pierced with sunlight.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The reason lies in how marine cloud brightening changes local weather.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

An hour later, just before serving, I reached for the microplane again — another pass, another layer, the whole pot brightening at the edges.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026

Esther Crain, the author of ‘The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910,’ says gold interiors served a practical purpose: brightening rooms lit by gaslight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

These dark, active regions can distort observations by brightening certain wavelengths and hiding parts of the atmospheric signal.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026

Anya looked up at the field of onions behind the serpent and noted the brightening sunshine.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack