lantern
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After a gesture to follow, I was handed a lantern.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Diogenes the Cynic famously carried a lantern searching for an honest man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
Citrus lingers — oranges, grapefruit, tangerines — holding onto the last of their brightness like a lantern carried through fog.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026
According to the Marine Conservation Society, more than 100 local authorities across the UK have banned balloon or lantern releases.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
They’d urged me to take a lantern, but I’d refused.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
On a walk to Soho for fish and chips in London this week, I was struck by the vibrant red lanterns in Chinatown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
In China, red lanterns could guide a traveller to safety in cold winter alleyways, be symbols of power outside an imperial hall, or act as a call to religious devotion when hung in a temple.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
Chinese lanterns hover above their heads like red halos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
Back at her property, the yard between her two houses is mostly intact, including a Hachiya persimmon tree, which in December was heavy with fruit, comforting lanterns in the charred landscape, signaling season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
The light was low from the rows of paper lanterns, and waiters drifted through the scene, carrying trays laden with food.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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