beacon
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It’s been a beacon of democracy since its founding, and countries all over the world have held it in such high esteem.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
Two and a half centuries later, America is still a beacon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
Bonds are an excellent barometer of broader investor sentiment and usually act as an early beacon for rougher seas ahead.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
Dyer's great-grandmother said her grandson had been the family's "final beacon of hope" after a "relentless sequence of tragedies".
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
That beacon of light seemed to reveal things and facts, which, though they must have always existed in me, I hadn’t been aware of up until now.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Vocabulary lists containing beacon
George H.W. Bush (1924 -2018) Tribute List
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President Biden's Inaugural Speech (January 2021)
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