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lantern

[lan-tern] / ˈlæn tərn /


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Its centerpiece was an eight-foot-tall stone lantern given to then-Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley by Japanese sports columnist Sotaro Suzuki and his wife, Toku, who had attended the stadium’s grand opening in 1962.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

New Bell may appear to be endlessly bleak, but according to Happi, music provides the inmates with a "lantern for a brighter future".

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

In his downtime he would travel by horse and buggy across Pennsylvania and neighboring states with what he called his "exhibition": a new-fangled Edison phonograph, a magic lantern slide projector and later on, movies.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

Diogenes the Cynic famously carried a lantern searching for an honest man.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

“Come, little teacher, turn off that lantern now; it’s time to admire the stars.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Green lanterns are interstellar peacekeepers who wear rings that give them extraordinary powers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Distinguished by a red-tiled facade and paper lanterns hanging overhead, the shrine had offering cups arranged in rows on a crimson table and a bronze urn spouting wisps of incense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

The plant belongs to Thismia, a genus of tiny species sometimes known as "fairy lanterns."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

People dug out lanterns and old radios, and companies scrambled to save what production they could.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

She climbed onto a wooden railing, grabbed one of the lanterns from its hook, and climbed back down.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown


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