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In his downtime he would travel by horse and buggy across Pennsylvania and neighboring states with what he called his "exhibition": a new-fangled Edison phonograph, a magic lantern slide projector and later on, movies.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

It seems remarkable that, in an era of high-tech production lines, this town has been able to maintain a stranglehold on the lantern market, using production techniques from another era.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

Diogenes the Cynic famously carried a lantern searching for an honest man.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

Citrus lingers — oranges, grapefruit, tangerines — holding onto the last of their brightness like a lantern carried through fog.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

Then I banked the fire, locked the doors, and took her back upstairs with a chamber pot of warm water and a lantern I’d found in the barn.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

On a workbench nearby, sea mine-shaped lamps stand on metal casts of hawk feet alongside caged bubble glass lanterns that appear as if they might burst from internal pressure.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

On a walk to Soho for fish and chips in London this week, I was struck by the vibrant red lanterns in Chinatown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

In China, red lanterns could guide a traveller to safety in cold winter alleyways, be symbols of power outside an imperial hall, or act as a call to religious devotion when hung in a temple.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

Chinese lanterns hover above their heads like red halos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

What had been little more than stacks of rough stone moments before is now set and carved into ornate arches and pathways, covered in crawling vines and speckled with bright, tiny lanterns.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern