lighthouse
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In the other version, participants could use a lighthouse as a fixed reference point.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Pulling alongside the Portland Head Light, a lighthouse dating to 1791, Martin yanked up a trap that held three shiny lobsters, and then demonstrated how to measure their shells with calipers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Bill Green offered to take me out on his boat and show me a cool lighthouse.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 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 Mom got right up to go stick the blinking lighthouse magnet on the refrigerator door.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
"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
The charge, set at $6.70 a ton for the year starting July 1, covers sanitary services, lighthouses and lifesaving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
For those wanting to stay somewhere away from the norm, there are choices around the UK ranging from lighthouses and windmills to prison cells and tree houses.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
Since then, more than 40 lighthouses have graced the state’s rugged, foggy shores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
“Seems to me we have lighthouses right here in the U.S.A.”
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
