lighthouse
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Many here see America as a lighthouse of Western democratic values.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
As they passed the little red lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge, Barouch proposed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
The 2025/26 away kit, manufactured by sportswear firm Hummel, features a repeating geometric pattern showing the lighthouse, viewed through a circular design resembling the sculpture's aperture.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
His father was a lighthouse keeper, living in solitude on the Greek island of Kandelioussa for 16 years before entering a family-arranged marriage with his mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
And beyond the lighthouse, distant cliffs rose dimly, and beyond them, those great wide rolling hills he’d seen from the place he’d first come through.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
"After many years, I found myself navigating manually again, searching for lighthouses to make sure we stayed on course," Islam said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
“But he was kind of one of the lighthouses of integrity and common sense and spoke truth to power, but also got the powers to speak to one another.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
All lighthouses, he said, have a great story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
Trinity House, which manages more than 60 lighthouses across the UK, said there was an issue with the "audible hazard warning signal" on Longships.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025
They were hurtling out to sea, the black water ripping them past the lighthouses and into the swift currents of the Callidian Strait.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
