lamp
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When researchers positioned a white lamp so that its beam shone straight down, the isopods repeatedly gathered into large rotating circles.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Other notable artifacts connected to St. Eustatius are a headstone from its Jewish cemetery, commemorating a merchant’s wife, and a Hanukkah lamp from Amsterdam that was eventually carried to St. Thomas by Jewish exiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
There are flags on many a lamp post around this area, bearing union jacks and the St George's cross.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
The orange glow from my Nesso lamp lit his face while the indigo sky pressed against the window behind him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
We stood there in the yellow light of the single oil lamp, our ears listening for even the faintest noise.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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Biers added that collectors have many uses for the remains, ranging from the ritualistic to some being turned into things like lamps and earrings.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Ghaffar’s team said they are very happy with the result to date, adding that the arbitrator had sided with Ghaffar on other matters, ranging from a dispute over Louis Vuitton lamps to certain real-estate transactions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Patni commemorated Akash with a framed photograph and a life-size cutout, decorated with flowers and surrounded by scattered rose petals and lit lamps.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Someone — or something — has piled lamps and stools into the center of one room, scattered chairs in another and embedded shoes into the floor as though the ground were made of sand.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
From early morning until well after the gas lamps were lit, horse-drawn carriages filled with gentlemen and ladies lined the cobblestone street in front of Barnum’s Hotel.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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