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lighting

[lahy-ting] / ˈlaɪ tɪŋ /
NOUN
illumination
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STRONG


NOUN
ignition
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About eight months after I’d been sworn in as Vice President, I was finishing a meeting when my text messages started lighting up in group chats that included Charlie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“I have been just rehabbing like a maniac, sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber, red lighting my way back.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

A spokeswoman said the cost, including flag, production, installation costs and six weeks of lighting, will be between $750,000 and $1 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Hours earlier, a rocket being tested by Jeff Bezos’s space company dramatically exploded on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., lighting up the skies for miles around Florida’s Space Coast late Thursday.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

“Actually, there were a couple more things,” the old man said, lighting up his pipe again.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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