shimmer
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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
Much like stars shimmer when seen through Earth's atmosphere, pulsar radio signals also flicker as they move through space.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026
His involvement grew serious after her death from cancer in 1972, and in “The Snow Leopard” his customarily graceful observations of nature shimmer with mystical meditations on grief, transcendence and enlightenment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
In the lo‘i the leaves of the taro shimmer a deep emerald. The ‘ōhi‘a trees are filled with exploding red blossoms, and the ‘ōhelo bushes are laden with juicy berries.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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Produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch and written by his frequent collaborator Samson Raphaelson, this Paramount picture, running a pert 82 minutes, positively shimmers with wit and sizzles with innuendo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 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
A better future shimmers on the page when Lech Wałęsa climbs over a fence as an unemployed electrician, taps someone on the shoulder and becomes “the face of the Polish revolution.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
Track and field shimmers with names that transcend the sport—Jesse Owens, Florence Griffith Joyner, Usain Bolt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2025
Above us, on the ceiling of this great big cavern, are thousands and thousands of blue-green shimmers that I recognize instantly from my fifth-grade world geography class.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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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
Lake Powell has shimmered between red canyon walls along the Arizona-Utah border since Glen Canyon Dam was completed in the 1960s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
Dresses, tops, trousers and headpieces shimmered with sequins.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2023
The girl’s spirit shimmered above her, connected to her body by a dozen delicate white tethers, like the whiskery roots of a mushroom.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The shimmering jewelry displayed in later galleries supplies, well, more glitter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The strange thing is that the pitch seems to have that same shimmering quality I remember from watching the TV all those years ago.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
From a gas crater dubbed the "Gateway to Hell" to the shimmering marble buildings of its capital, Turkmenistan is tentatively opening up to tourists after decades of isolation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Sea silk became famous for its shimmering golden color, light weight, and exceptional durability.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
He continues until my hand is covered in a pile of warm, shimmering flecks.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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