glimpse
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Oppenheimer would soon learn that there were two undiscovered superstars lurking in his midst—and he was about to gain the first glimpse of their enormous potential.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Later in the film, Oppenheim depicts a brief glimpse of said figure, lurking in the bushes outside of Conradt’s home in the wake of his suicide.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
The massive project funded from 13 federal, state and local agencies, gives a glimpse of what’s to come for Long Beach thoroughfares.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
It also offered a glimpse of the competing interests, egos and power struggles involved in getting one of boxing's most elusive fights over the line.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Penelope could not help trying to catch a glimpse of the strange man who had tried to steal her Hixby’s Guide.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Just as Dan glimpses Gretta’s raw potential, she sees his lost purpose, and the two launch a mutual rescue mission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Upon that ocean Cortés somehow glimpses Odysseus’ ship—a fusion of time frames that mirrors Mr. Power’s freewheeling, chronology-defying prose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Tourists fill the arrivals lounge at the airport each day, then head to the pristine beaches, or to catch glimpses of sloths in the rainforest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The first few glimpses at the economy in the third quarter appear to show Americans scaling back after splurging in the spring.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Shaking her head, she blinked and tried again, but still she found herself floundering in the sea of hands, faces, glimpses of dark places.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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Up close, its elongated head, skeletal body and glistening double set of jaws reveal just how much unsettling detail goes into a creature often glimpsed onscreen in darkness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
In a side room I glimpsed a religious-education class being led, with older participants seated before a lecturer who had scriptures projected on a screen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
In his enthusiasm, he may have glimpsed a sliver of truth long before the rest of us knew how to look for it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Who down there, waiting in the out-the-door Sweetgreen line or descending into the subway, has glimpsed the void in the way I have?
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
I stared at my brother, whom I had glimpsed only a few times in two years.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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For many people, even glimpsing a hornet's stinger is enough to cause alarm.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025
For most of the public, glimpsing this extraordinary mix -- home to the 18-hole Lodhi Course and the nine-hole Peacock Course -- is usually only possible by peering through its entrance gates.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2025
Additional spectators watched along the sidelines in hopes of glimpsing the series’ stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2025
“To hear Mitchell hit certain notes again in that inimitable voice was like glimpsing, in the wild, a magnificent bird long feared to have gone extinct.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
I turned, glimpsing her white face in the dim light of the darkened doorway.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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