glimmer
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Gen Z and Gen Alpha deserve a glimmer of it, a reminder that they can lib out even harder as they inherit the earth.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
A mother who is preparing to take her three-year-old son to the US for a vaccine trial says it has given her family a "glimmer of hope" for his future.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Matt Weinstock, a longtime Mirror columnist, offered a glimmer of optimism: “I get the feeling that if and when computers are admitted to the human race they’ll want out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
A coral nursery is providing a faint glimmer of hope and has even seen the return of plankton-feeding fish.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Or like firing the one person who made me see the slightest glimmer of hope.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
For those of us who actually do like crepes, though, there are some glimmers of hope.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
"We have seen one or two weaknesses, glimmers, no more than that," said Nevin.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Some glimmers of hope have emerged from what we do know.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Havana's real estate market is showing glimmers of revival as investors bet that a political and economic revolution is coming to the Communist-governed island.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Soon after, I crest a rise and spot something strange ahead: glimmers of light, like moonlight shining down on a lake.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Beats hummed, lights glimmered and about 200 young men and women traded emerald-green tiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The air was calm and boats glimmered far off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024
In a small village further up the beach, Christmas lights glimmered in the dark.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023
At night, they glimmered across the water: Twenty-five thousand tiny LEDs, stretching 1.8 miles across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco to Oakland.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
The conch still glimmered by the chiefs seat He gazed for a moment or two, then went back to Piggy.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
And while the movie’s legacy looks a little more macabre now, Panettiere and Trachtenberg’s glimmering performances are enough to push through the darkness.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Swimming pools, well-manicured lawns, carefully appointed midcentury interiors, glimmering light and stylish people abound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In the closing shot, the words "we belong together" appeared over a sea of bodies dancing beneath glimmering lights at the show.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
“You start to appreciate things more, I think, when your whole life is shaken up,” Kaslow said, looking out at the moonlight glimmering across the marina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
The first traces of daylight were glimmering through the broken roof of the Honeycomb behind.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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