twinkle
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It’s something that should have come up at your onboarding with the financial planner, even if you signed up with them a long time ago and retirement was only a twinkle in your eye.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
For decades, L.A.’s hazy blue days and golden pink dusks have given way to nights speckled with golden orange, where amber streetlights twinkle across hills, valleys and coastal plain like stars in the sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
He does have the same twinkle and melting smile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
"You're not meant to be laughing, but you can see all your mates trying to make you laugh, and they've got that twinkle in their eye," she says.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
They twinkle and dance above my head, close enough for me to reach out and touch them.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
Pre-Arkham Sofia twinkles brightly, knowing her father intends for her to take over the family business.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2024
Today, Lenker’s grin twinkles with a permanent gold replacement.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Washington’s Bavarian-style village twinkles throughout winter, with millions of candy-colored lights adorning trees and traditional, snow-topped timber-framed buildings.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
To reach phones on the ground, the satellite uses a large, reflective antenna roughly the size of a racquetball court that twinkles brightly as it orbits.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 13, 2022
For a moment, fading sunlight catches in the metal and twinkles.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
In the distance, the lights of the Southland twinkled underneath a scrim of haze.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2024
The world leaders will gather for the meal at the Bharat Mandapam building, a sprawling exhibition center in the heart of New Delhi, which twinkled with blinking lights on Saturday night.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2023
Likewise, he twinkled about once having had to inform Jerome Robbins of a decision Balanchine had made that overruled Robbins: Bob described himself as having been, on that occasion, “the messenger of the gods.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Beading on the first lady’s long-sleeved, navy, off-the-shoulder column gown twinkled; light danced in the gaps between the multitude of subtle flower appliqués that composed its outer silhouette.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
Above the looming outlines of the mountains, the children of Inti and Mama Killa twinkled in the dark sky, a familiar sight in such an unfamiliar place.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
A canopy of candy-colored paper lanterns and twinkling lights hangs over a long dining table opposite the restaurant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Digital creators also walked the red carpet twinkling and sparkling in cultures and sculpted dresses.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
Let’s take a moment to appreciate the cabin headliner, twinkling like thousands of LED stars in the firmament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
The audience rehashed its hunches, they circled potential suspects, they stared at a static image of a horrific crime scene, awash in twinkling moonlight.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
The twinkling stars were really tiny swimming fish!
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
