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With a twinkle in his eye, he adds: "I have still got that sense of adventure."

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Everything he does is with a wink-wink twinkle in his eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Stars twinkle in the sky above the Independence Monument in Kyiv’s main Maidan Square, a tall column topped by a statue of a woman in traditional Ukrainian dress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

I watched the lightning bugs twinkle down below and waited for us to talk about everything.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

At almost every window, a candle or star-shaped decoration twinkles a sign of welcome.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023

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

At the top of each hour while lit, it twinkles thanks to 20,000 flashing bulbs.

From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2022

When she does, you may appreciate Rodriguez's choice to tread lightly with her impression of Broadway's darling: She twinkles too emphatically at first but eases into the role as the series goes on.

From Salon ● May 14, 2021

I look into her eye, which twinkles back at me.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

In the distance, the lights of the Southland twinkled underneath a scrim of haze.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2024

For the past 14 months, the bridge’s Bay Lights art installation — 25,000 LEDs that twinkled across 300 cables on the western span of the bridge — has been turned off.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

Lights twinkled around doorways, signs declared “Happy Hanukkah,” and large inflatables obstructed parts of the hallway.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 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

Her eyes twinkled like the fairy godmother’s in Cinderella.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

He goes full Elton on the single Hippie Sunshine, external, whose lairy, chanted chorus is suddenly interrupted by a twinkling piano breakdown.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

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

Through the cockpit, the city glowed on the horizon, a strip of twinkling lights severing the night sky from the dark Potomac river.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

Sparks light the ground, the rocky cliff like pretty twinkling Christmas lights.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes