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eclipse

[ih-klips] / ɪˈklɪps /






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On average, a total solar eclipse is visible from any given spot on Earth only once every 400 years.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Instead, use certified eclipse glasses or a simple pinhole projector to view the event safely.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

A. I’m jealous of anyone who’s building a trip around seeing the solar eclipse in its path of totality.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

If we are merely biological machines—producers, consumers or data points—then superior computational systems threaten to eclipse humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Beginning about the twenty-first, the top of the world began to glow like an eclipse as the sun circled just below the horizon.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George




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