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ray

[rey] / reɪ /


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There’s a ray gun that transforms its targets into babies.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Gulf of Mexico is home to at least 19 other threatened and endangered species including various types of turtles, the giant manta ray and mountainous star coral.

From BBC

There’s a spaceship in my garage, and I own a multipurpose ray gun disguised as a laser pointer.

From Literature

These bursts typically occur when a massive star collapses into a black hole, producing a brief and intense flash of high-energy gamma rays.

From Science Daily

The whole painting is illuminated by light from the right, which—in the Capponi chapel—is amplified by natural rays that filter through a stained-glass window on the wall.

From The Wall Street Journal