sun
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"We can't see the sun, the pollution is heavy," she added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
The subtext of their question is the worry that, just as Icarus soared so high that the sun melted his wings of wax, a market that rises too far is prone to crashing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
"Very quickly in the morning, as temperatures have risen inland as the sun heats the ground, a sea breeze has formed with winds coming from the sea into Durban," said BBC weather presenter Chris Fawkes.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Bright-colored backpacks, fresh school supplies and late-summer sun beaming through classroom windows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The pines and the distant church steeple sparkled in the winter sun like an old-fashioned Christmas card.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
In Nepal's eastern plains, rival political flags depicting blue bells and red suns flutter over tea farms and brick homes -- symbols of a local election campaign shaping landmark nationwide polls.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
The background of the artwork echoes Van Gogh's Starry Night with two suns hanging in the sky that aim to represent the meeting of the two artists and their styles.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
At maximum intensity, it shone with the light of 10 trillion suns.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2025
Seems bright — a black hole flared with the light of 10 trillion suns.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
The top edges of the lenses cut his eyes in half, and they look like blue suns on a warped horizon.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
Because the home has been staged, buyers won’t be able to sit at the very kitchen table where the Kardashian clan gossiped over salads, or the poolside lounges where they often sunned themselves.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
She settled on a grassy knoll, sunned herself and took a nap.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
On a recent afternoon, two tourists — cousins from Sao Paulo — sunned on a wooden pier after bathing in the Rio Negro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
What were these captains of capitalism up to a couple of years ago as they sipped rum punches and sunned their backsides?
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2019
He sunned himself in their new respect and felt that hunting was good after all.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
On the banks of the Waal, the Dutch branch of the Rhine, swimmers are sunning themselves on a Nijmegen beach that didn't exist before the river level dropped a few months ago.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
He can often be seen sunning himself on the dock, with other sea lions dozing or barking away nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
It featured a shimmering statue of himself, his close ally Elon Musk enjoying snacks on the beach, and he and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sunning themselves, shirtless.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025
Enjoy all the delights that Catalina has to offer, including hiking, kayaking and sunning yourself on the beach, before you start your journey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
The splash scared off a scorpion who’d been sunning himself in the morning light.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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