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glare

[glair] / glɛər /
NOUN
very bright light, shine
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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

But this week she has welled up under the glare of the cameras and stayed a fraction longer during face-offs to absorb the magnitude of the moment.

From BBC Sep. 4, 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

Roman's coronagraph will instead help astronomers search for planets by blocking the glare from their stars.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

“That’s an opinion, not a fact—an opinion I agree with!” he quickly adds as I glare at him.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

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

Between the pomp surrounding donning one’s holy livery, pointed glares and swishing red silks and velvets, these cassocked clergymen make bored teenagers seem kind.

From Salon Nov. 22, 2024

Drawing on the icy glares of 21 Savage and Young Nudy, but with a growly, punkish urgency, who can’t relate to a mixtape titled, simply, “F- School.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 15, 2024

Patrice stands in front of me, her arms folded as she glares.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

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

"I stood up forcefully and glared at him. I was in shock and disbelief. I couldn't believe this had happened to me."

From BBC Oct. 14, 2025

This brought her up short, and she glared at me through the glass.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Even before the summer rush, nerves were on edge; a January 4 breakdown in the communication system linking air traffic controllers and aircraft had laid bare a glaring weakness.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

There’s a glaring issue in the title of “Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

They’re peppy and fruity … and a glaring recession indicator.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

By late July, as Hearn’s defense counsel moved for release of the grand jury transcripts to expose glaring prosecutorial irregularities, Pirro’s case collapsed.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

On the other side of Kumu Whitman is Denny, who’s glaring at Brandon’s back.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila




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