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They shimmer from the pages like bright bits of stained glass, and their names are equally enchanting: common blue, painted lady, Queen of Spain fritillary, black-veined white and northern brown argus, among others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Nearby, racks of sequined jackets shimmer with slogans like "Make Heaven Crowded," worn by supporters well into their seventies who, for a few days at least, dress more like pop fans than retirees.

From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026

She recommends using night mode on a mobile phone to take a photo of the shimmer as it will automatically adjust to the low light and amplify what is there.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

Tomatoes are optional, but when included, they give the richness a little lift, a shimmer of acidity against the warm, cheesy backdrop.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025

As I spoke, she vanished, without even a puff of smoke or a shimmer in the air to mark her departure.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

Another female presence shimmers on the fourth track, The Mirror Maker, which is dedicated to Catalan superstar Rosalía.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Yet the result was a unique, multi-faceted sculptural adornment to Central Park that still shimmers compellingly in the dappled light of springtime, while convincingly elevating architecture to the status of fine art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

We’d chat while waiting at the little Middle Eastern bakery that turns out the neighborhood’s best Barbari bread — long, sesame-and–black-caraway–speckled loaves that come out of the oven so hot the air around them shimmers.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025

On a first hearing, I did not find “11,000 Strings” particularly linear but rather like a loosely structured meditation that arrives, shimmers and departs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

The road ahead of us shimmers in the heat, and the dust swells are everywhere, burning my eyes.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Wunmi Mosaku, up for best supporting actress for Sinners, opted for a striking blue dress, which shimmered on the red carpet.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026

But it also shimmered with optimism and adventure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025

Then, for a moment, its silvery side shimmered in the sun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024

Dresses, tops, trousers and headpieces shimmered with sequins.

From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2023

Above the ditch the air shimmered and danced.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

“There’s some point in which memories become dreams,” Cooks said of the forms that gradually cohere, shimmering, like film in a developing tray.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Against this shimmering backdrop, the bright yellow branches appeared to rise from the seafloor like glowing trees surrounded by stars.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Inspired by Talking Heads and Grace Jones, it's a record whose shimmering surfaces disguise lyrics of deep emotional complexity.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

One of the most famous was “Running Fence,” 24½ miles of shimmering white, 18-foot-tall fabric that stretched across picturesque terrain in Northern California’s Sonoma and Marin counties from Sept. 10 to Sept. 24, 1976.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

And gently shimmering dust was flowing along the currents.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown