lighthouse
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Cundiff compares the effect to a lighthouse that sweeps a beam across the horizon as its lamp rotates.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
People in "Port Devine" - with its multi-coloured houses, a lighthouse and spectacular coastal views - have been experiencing the effects for five years now.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Pulling alongside the Portland Head Light, a lighthouse dating to 1791, Martin yanked up a trap that held three shiny lobsters, and then demonstrated how to measure their shells with calipers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Bill Green offered to take me out on his boat and show me a cool lighthouse.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
We clambered into it and Emma handed me an oar and we both started paddling, headed toward the lighthouse.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
"After many years, I found myself navigating manually again, searching for lighthouses to make sure we stayed on course," Islam said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The charge, set at $6.70 a ton for the year starting July 1, covers sanitary services, lighthouses and lifesaving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“There’s not many of us left that did lighthouses or lifeboat stations, guys — mostly guys, almost exclusively — like me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
By the late 1890s, they were making "lamps for lighthouses" and specialised in aluminium.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
Three spiral lighthouses took shape along the rocky coast, warning sailors away from the treacherous cliffs and quick riptides of Deliene’s coastline.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
