radiate
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But Ms. Northeast seems to radiate the same joy as Sybylla’s in being who she is and doing what she does.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Charged‑up walls radiate warmth back into rooms that never get the chance to cool.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Cordido's eyes can't help but radiate with gratitude when he speaks about the volunteer rescuers who pulled him from the ruins of Venezuela's double earthquake, which killed more than 2,600 people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
As I ambled past groups doing yoga and vacationing families lounging on the grass, pain started to radiate through my ankles and up my shinbones before settling uncomfortably in my hips.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
“Is that so?” said the President, his eyes seeming to radiate his passion as they glared.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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“She’s such a sort of undeniable positive energy that she just radiates all the time, which is so compelling and why people are so drawn to her.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Durga Devi finds no relief after a day working in New Delhi's sweltering summer, because her poorly ventilated home radiates trapped heat, leaving her bedroom as hot as 45 degrees at night.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
"Killer heat warnings" reads the Metro's headline, as Western Europe's "heat dome" covering Italy, Spain and France radiates across the English Channel.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Teenagers everywhere fell under the spell of Rice’s vampires in the mid-‘80s with an ardor that AMC’s “The Vampire Lestat” radiates through the devotion of his superfans.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
‘A shrine that radiates fear. Ares had two divine sons, didn’t he?’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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He cranked the energy back up for his 2011 hit No Church in the Wild, which was amplified by firey pyrotechnics that radiated heat through the stadium.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
At its peak, it temporarily radiated with the brilliance of about 10 billion suns.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
In 1967, his black evening gown with cape radiated simplicity in form and draping even as it also referenced the attire of Catholic priests.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Epstein, in a schlumpy gray sweatshirt and sweatpants, radiated energy as he alone stood at the staircase, surveying the room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
The room before her was at least three times as big as the one they had just left, and corridors radiated from it in as many directions as petals from a daisy.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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For months, “it was difficult to speak, and the radiating pain was so intense that even modest movement—from laughing to getting dressed to turning on the shower—was wrenching,” she wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The heat felt like 100 degrees radiating off the pavement.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
While the impact will not be visible from Earth with the naked eye, people with access to a sophisticated telescope may be able to see a flash radiating off the Moon's surface, Bothwell said.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Over the course of a month, notice which ingredients disappear almost embarrassingly fast and which ones slowly expire in the back of your crisper drawer while radiating guilt.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Their hope was radiating, exploding into possibility: Obama could actually win this thing.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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