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glimmer

[glim-er] / ˈglɪm ər /




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The flames provided the only light under the night sky and the black valley would glimmer with flecks of orange.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

But in that 1967 episode, when she was still an unknown, the only glimmer to behold was embroidered on the host’s jacket.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

Unfortunately they glimmer only dimly in this staging, which is played to an audience of just 60 seated in rows of chairs in a cleared space on the first floor of the bookstore.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Now that glimmer of hope was gone, and it was her fault.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

For those of us who actually do like crepes, though, there are some glimmers of hope.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

"The humanitarian situation here is desperate, but there are faint glimmers of hope," Guterres wrote in the post on X. "We must stand with Haiti."

From Barron's Jun. 16, 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

The party is pointing to some glimmers of hope among these election results, including Westminster and holding on to other councils such as Harlow, Broxbourne, Bexley and Fareham.

From BBC May 8, 2026

Inside the cube, a vial of toxic, green poison glimmers.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

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

Sheer mermaid gowns and dresses with sinuous three-dimensional florets glimmered with paillettes and tulle.

From Seattle Times Mar. 4, 2023

The night was dark, and goblins’ eyes glimmered in windows and alleyways.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

And while the movie’s legacy looks a little more macabre now, Panettiere and Trachtenberg’s glimmering performances are enough to push through the darkness.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

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

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

Two swift hours passed, and now the king sat upon his white horse, glimmering in the half-light.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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