illuminate
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He plans to spend time in Mexico City, collaborating with sculptor Brian Thoreen on a project that they hope will illuminate new solutions to the city’s water shortages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Black holes themselves do not emit light, but a TDE temporarily supplies material that can illuminate the region around one.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
It may also illuminate some of the ancient chemical steps that eventually contributed to the emergence of life on Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Twenty- fours later, 70,000 fans hold up their phones and illuminate the stadium as Asha Bohsle's vocals ring out.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Behind us the walkway extended to City Hall, where the city had sprung for some spotlights to illuminate the dome of the building.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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It’s worth thinking about because it illuminates the principles that we should be applying to questions of governance in this country.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
This is the synergy that illuminates their atmospheric approach to the Afro-Cuban jazz tradition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
As the afternoon sunshine pours in through a stained-glass window, it illuminates a century-old design of a man dribbling a football across a pitch.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
While we’re on the topic of Brin and Lake Tahoe, let me share another early anecdote that illuminates the mindset I’m referring to, and that I wrote about way back in 1999.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
Fittingly, in June a switch is thrown, and electric light illuminates the exhibitions for the first time.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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That society editor — who chronicled and illuminated the social, political and artistic issues in L.A. in the 1930s from the women’s perspective — was Crete Cage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The panel is filled with illuminated diamond shapes, a longstanding motif in the company’s designs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Through her grief, Fiona Donohoe's witness statement illuminated her love for her son and her unstinting desire to understand what led to his untimely death.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
For Griffin, it illuminated the way Lynch came to inhabit the city he called home for more than half a century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Regan glanced behind her to where the Edison clock tower was illuminated.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Thousands had come to watch that night and marvel at the temporary lights illuminating the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Journal’s Washington Coverage Chief Damian Paletta and political reporters Sabrina Rodriguez and Josh Dawsey will tell us how they’re bringing audiences inside the places and conversations illuminating American living rooms and assembly halls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
It can be a tedious but illuminating chore that will help you become more aware of where your money is going.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
It was 45 years before Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland were illuminating the current tournament that a Norwegian by the name of Bjorge Lillelien delivered the speech that has assumed legendary status.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The sun was shining into the kitchen, illuminating everything: Ulysses's whiskers, the typewriter keys, her father's upturned and smiling face, and her mother's astonished and disbelieving one.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
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