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glare

[glair] / glɛər /
NOUN
very bright light, shine
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Unlike on foldables from Samsung and Google, the “nano-texture” display noticeably reduces glare and camouflages the indent where the phone folds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

He’s the most talentless man ever caught in the bright glare of the light he demanded from the world.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Note the simple fabric-and-wire belly covering on C-3PO and the two ordinary lightbulbs that give the Jawas their hot glare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The actress previously lifted the lid on how trading the glare of the Hollywood spotlight for quaint farm life in upstate New York helped to ease her unrest.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

There are blinds on the window to shut out the glare of the sun.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Behind it all is a Pittsburgh native, you-know-who, head coach Curt Cignetti, the sideline stern face who still glares at his charges like it’s spring practice and someone just dropped two punts a row.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

A massive "Home Furnishings" banner glares over the line of grubby once-white caravans, many with padlocked doors and windows taped shut.

From BBC ● May 2, 2025

His inscrutable glares and theatrical pauses are the intangibles that make this show unique.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2023

The two exchanged glares and verbal jabs, after which Kelly pursed his lips and shot his much-memed pouty face at Correa, essentially telling the slugger to sit down and shut up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

She glares at me, definitely not amused by my sarcasm.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

I petted my bird by tapping my screen while my real life cat glared at me from a corner.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

Back on Tasman Drive, tourists excitedly posed for pictures next to a speed bump sign as a grumbling resident glared at them.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

As the SDF convoy rolled by, men and boys glared from storefronts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

A group of nuns clad in grey and white glared at a man who, headphones in, was dancing around the square.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2025

As he glared the person took a step out, revealing herself.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

"We're a glaring example of how trade protection works and how it's beneficial," said Brochu.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

In this series, he has two hits and two strikeouts in eight at-bats, and his inability to refrain from swinging at pitches outside the strike zone has become a glaring weakness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Florida’s $44 million football coach had barely set foot inside his team’s practice facility when he noticed a glaring issue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Masha Tsimring’s lighting was glaring, luridly hued, or strangely flat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

When I finally catch my breath, Sara is glaring at me.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan


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