sliver
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She said that cloud cover scuppered the view for most of the time, but about 19:00 the clouds parted and a sliver of the sun was visible from behind the moon.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
An announcement from Pakistan's defence minister that the two were "close to some sort of arrangement" provided a sliver of hope Tuesday, though that later faded.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
It’s a little sliver of Nepal in the San Juan Mountains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
In his enthusiasm, he may have glimpsed a sliver of truth long before the rest of us knew how to look for it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Then the blackness above me is broken by a sliver of light.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Those tactics included secretly cornering slivers of the financial markets and “watering” stock—defrauding investors by issuing shares well above their book value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
Screwing them into place produced razor-sharp slivers of metal, which in some cases accumulated beneath the deck in areas containing large amounts of aircraft wiring.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025
The Chicken Katli has thin slivers of chicken and on top is truffle.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2024
It’s about 6 inches wide and shot through with slivers of chocolate that vary in size.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
We had a big block of brown soap from which we shaved slivers with an old cheese knife.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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