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glimpse

[glimps] / glɪmps /




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Emails reveal the wealthy taking proxy measures of one another’s yachts and villas, showboating their riches in ways that make Tom Wolfe’s “Bonfire of the Vanities” look like a genteel glimpse into society mores.

From The Wall Street Journal

She offers us a glimpse of the medical marketplace at its birth but also provides us with a distant mirror.

From The Wall Street Journal

As we hiked the short distance from Pacific Coast Highway on the rocky switchback trail, she caught glimpses of the sculpted sea stacks rising 50 meters from the sand and shallow waters.

From Los Angeles Times

Former group member Kelli Byrd testified for two hours on Thursday, providing a rare glimpse inside the religious group that had operated in secret for decades.

From Los Angeles Times

It was sufficient to give them a glimpse into the afterworld of economic life as we know it.

From The Wall Street Journal