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twinkle

[twing-kuhl] / ˈtwɪŋ kəl /


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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

Yang, twinkle in her eye, kept us on our toes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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

“Well, I did it to please Amy,” began Laurie, with a twinkle that made Jo exclaim...

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Morphing through nearly nine minutes, the track struts on Ndegeocello’s synthesizer bass lines; twinkles and hovers with Brandee Younger’s harp; and sprints toward the end with double time drumming, headed somewhere new.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023

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

A flock of fairies twinkles past like floating Christmas lights, their laughter like tinkling bells.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

But the dude was smiling, and his eyes twinkled like moonbeams hitting sand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

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

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 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

All eyes focused on her, in part, because they couldn’t help it as she strode the sideline in a head-to-toe, sparkling, gold-and-black tiger-striped pantsuit that twinkled with every movement.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2023

Its steep slopes were grass-grown; but all was grey in that hour, for the sun had gone, and far below lights twinkled in the homes of Men.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Part II, subtitled “It’s Obvious,” is a slow and rumbling track with ominous drums, while Part V, “Universe Café,” is a twinkling psych-pop number.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

"The sky here has always been twinkling like this," 28-year-old Dolker says.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

In a twinkling, the report gets disappeared from public view and public comment as completely as if it had been dropped off the end of the Santa Monica Pier.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 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

Exhausted, the two men unrolled their blankets on the damp earth, laid down, and gazed up at the immense black sky decorated by countless points of twinkling light.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson


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