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glimmer

[glim-er] / ˈglɪm ər /




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There’s a glimmer of good news in the story of Americans’ whopping credit-card bill.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

News crews, Venezuelan officials and nearby residents were drawn to a remarkable scene that offered a glimmer of hope amid the country’s otherwise dystopian tableau.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

But Swan offered a glimmer of hope for British interest with a clinical serving performance on Court 16 that saw her win 88% of first-serve points.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

The few rescues have offered a glimmer of hope in a tragedy that has shaken a country mired in an economic crisis that has depleted its capacity to respond to disasters.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

The glimmer of a river was molded into place on the lid, and he added the flash of a gem to the latch.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

"We have seen one or two weaknesses, glimmers, no more than that," said Nevin.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Beyond Los Angeles, there are glimmers of hope that Californians may be tiring of being taken to the cleaners.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

Some glimmers of hope have emerged from what we do know.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Even with higher borrowing costs in the near term, there are some glimmers of improved affordability for home buyers.

From MarketWatch May 21, 2026

It’s hard to tell exactly what’s going on, but as the weeks pass we begin to catch glimmers.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

Beats hummed, lights glimmered and about 200 young men and women traded emerald-green tiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Cumberbatch trends drier, but even as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Strange, he glimmered with comedic depths.

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 2025

In a small village further up the beach, Christmas lights glimmered in the dark.

From BBC Dec. 21, 2023

At night, they glimmered across the water: Twenty-five thousand tiny LEDs, stretching 1.8 miles across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco to Oakland.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2023

It rippled and glimmered black in the light from the kapo’s lamp.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

Alongside the spectacle of execution and the glimmering blood, Mary, John, St. Dominic and others beside Christ in many of these frescos cover their faces or turn away.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

But “Ankhmerwer”—gorgeously inscribed and illustrated and sprinkled with glimmering gold shrines, crowns, birds, gods and sun disks—rewards close looking and empathetic eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

In the closing shot, the words "we belong together" appeared over a sea of bodies dancing beneath glimmering lights at the show.

From BBC Jan. 15, 2026

Warm and sunny, the mountains glimmering in the distance.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2025

His friends were like him, sunny and wealthy people who existed on the glimmering surface of things.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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