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The blonde executive assistant to the president was then mentioned by a Democratic senate hopeful, in comments that set the internet alight -- and incensed the White House.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Firefighters attended multiples fires in Stoke-on-Trent after fences, gardens and garages were alight.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Kylian Mbappe: Has set this World Cup alight with his finishing - but not this game.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The cathedral, set alight in the overnight attacks, was almost completely destroyed during World War II and rebuilt only in the 1990s.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

Jesper cocked his head to one side, gray eyes alight.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Lindsay Hale’s husband, Kai, has been dead for only 12 weeks when she alights in a cold winter landscape that she no longer recognizes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

McCartney’s musical time machine eventually alights on “Salesman Saint,” a reference to his father, Jim Mac, who died in 1976.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

When the setting sun in the west alights the skyscraper windows in the city with a glow, we call out to each other when we’re home: “It’s glow time!”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023

He never alights on an answer, but the search has prompted some of his best music to date.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023

He sees the thank-you note first—“Awwww, Jupes!”—but when his gaze alights on the bracelet, the smile falls from his face and he looks at you.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

While I was visiting Cindy a few days later, a young cardinal alighted at the feeder and met our gaze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Here countless celebrities and industry titans alighted as they came, or returned, to L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025

Not surprisingly, by the time that the couple alighted at the Astrodome in 1974, they were headed for divorce proceedings.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2024

The Royal Samoan Police Band began playing as the couple alighted and met local officials.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024

Pulling on her powerful wings, Frightful sped to the top of the tallest pine and alighted on a slender twig.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Earlier this year, China’s social media was alit with videos of jobless university graduates visiting temples to seek the blessings of the gods.

From Reuters ● Sep. 30, 2023

Just as the animal was nearly out of sight, it flew back upriver, alit on the water, and floated back down—over and over again.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 15, 2023

More than 75,000 spectators attended the Matildas’ quarterfinal victory and the Sydney Opera House was alit in the yellow and green team colors.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

But of all the miracle works performed by the McDonald Corporation, you have alit upon two of the finest.

From Fox News ● Sep. 3, 2020

Colonel Murphy ascended to the podium, looking as strong as ever, his eyes still alit with a sense of purpose.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

A premise that had sounded a bit ridiculous—a trout mistaking my cast for an alighting insect—had been proven real.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Transport officials urged fans to travel by tram to St Peter's Square and Victoria but to avoid alighting at Deansgate.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2023

Instead of arriving overland, the symbolic flame alighting the 2024 Paris Games will take to the seas from its birthplace in Greece, arriving aboard a three-masted tall ship in the French port of Marseille.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

The family pulled up stakes frequently, alighting in Africa, the Caribbean and Guyana before settling in Hawaii, where his father found an appointment at the University of Hawaii when Mr. Bickerton was 12.

From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2022

Already a flight of four had been seen over the southwest shores of Hosk, not alighting but spying out the sheepfolds, barns, and villages.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin