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lantern

noun as in lamp

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Paper lanterns were laid across the courtyard, as they had been at a public viewing of Armani's body in Milan earlier this month, with the models walking under the portico.

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"It was really early, before sunrise, in bad visibility conditions with just a simple lantern to light up the terrain which was difficult and slippery," he said.

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Make sure you pack multiple light sources, including headlamps and lanterns, and if they are not solar-powered, don’t forget the batteries.

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Then she took out lanterns for us to pose with in the moonlight.

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Long before the luminescent spectacle awed viewers of Disney’s 2010 film “Tangled,” real-life lantern festivals have been taking place around the world.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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