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It may also illuminate some of the ancient chemical steps that eventually contributed to the emergence of life on Earth.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

Twenty- fours later, 70,000 fans hold up their phones and illuminate the stadium as Asha Bohsle's vocals ring out.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

They play with perspective, color, space and time to illuminate postwar American tensions, be they racial, political or existential.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

The aim, from the start, was not to spotlight people but to illuminate architecture—an inversion of the usual transit instinct to flood everything with harsh brightness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

I peel back the curtains, and diamond-paned city-lanterns illuminate rich limestone mansions and townhouses in the aristocratic Rose Quartier.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

It’s worth thinking about because it illuminates the principles that we should be applying to questions of governance in this country.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

This group portrait, by Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy, a British-born history professor at the University of Virginia, illuminates the mistakes of Britain’s war leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

As the afternoon sunshine pours in through a stained-glass window, it illuminates a century-old design of a man dribbling a football across a pitch.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

While we’re on the topic of Brin and Lake Tahoe, let me share another early anecdote that illuminates the mindset I’m referring to, and that I wrote about way back in 1999.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

A flash of light illuminates them both for an instant, and then every player is alerted that our Artifact is now in Hammie’s hands.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

The eatery features Midcentury Modern touches with curved cherry wood walls and paneled ceilings, as well as illuminated white onyx Corian surfaces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

The July full Moon, also known as the Buck Moon, illuminated the sky over the UK on Wednesday night.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Responding to the demand, Mayor Zohran Mamdani -- a passionate Arsenal supporter -- has announced five free, illuminated pitches open overnight across the city for the duration of the tournament.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

His images conjure illuminated manuscripts, textiles, hieroglyphics, board games, musical scores, and tribal and children’s art, while echoing the structures of animals, crystals, plants and cells.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Jay later claimed that the entire eastern seaboard was illuminated each evening by protesters burning him in effigy.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

It can be a tedious but illuminating chore that will help you become more aware of where your money is going.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

It was 45 years before Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland were illuminating the current tournament that a Norwegian by the name of Bjorge Lillelien delivered the speech that has assumed legendary status.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

But the film’s screenplay — a biting, laugh-a-minute wonder penned by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack — shrewdly plays with genre conventions and audience expectations, illuminating more depth with every other sentence.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Mount Vernon’s newly renovated Education Center unveils an illuminating exhibition on the nation’s first leader.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Silver moonlight spills through the window, illuminating the floorboards.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day