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In the absence of the green chlorophyll, red, yellow and orange pigments protect leaves from sun damage during this delicate recycling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Maritime drones powered by sun and wind that can stay at sea for months will patrol Fiji's waters for drug traffickers and other threats under a deal with Australia announced Friday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The subtext of their question is the worry that, just as Icarus soared so high that the sun melted his wings of wax, a market that rises too far is prone to crashing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

"Very quickly in the morning, as temperatures have risen inland as the sun heats the ground, a sea breeze has formed with winds coming from the sea into Durban," said BBC weather presenter Chris Fawkes.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

At last, when the sun was low in the sky, a prisoner crew arrived with a great vat of some thick steamy substance that we gobbled ravenously.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

These extraordinary objects were already shining with the light of roughly a trillion suns when the universe was only about 670 million years old.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

In Nepal's eastern plains, rival political flags depicting blue bells and red suns flutter over tea farms and brick homes -- symbols of a local election campaign shaping landmark nationwide polls.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

The background of the artwork echoes Van Gogh's Starry Night with two suns hanging in the sky that aim to represent the meeting of the two artists and their styles.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

Seems bright — a black hole flared with the light of 10 trillion suns.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025

The rainbow mural of faces and suns painted on the other side of the building was visible just beyond the tangled web of yellow police tape blocking off the wreckage.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Backstage at the Blue Note jazz club, Wyclef Jean spreads out on a couch with the air of a sunned cat, his temperament dialed warm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

Because the home has been staged, buyers won’t be able to sit at the very kitchen table where the Kardashian clan gossiped over salads, or the poolside lounges where they often sunned themselves.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

She settled on a grassy knoll, sunned herself and took a nap.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

At home, Baldwin sunned in his mother’s love and cared for his little sisters and brothers, changing diapers, minding the little ones and reprimanding the older ones.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2015

Below it, in a deep pit, alligators sunned themselves on rocks surrounding a pond.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

But pedestrians were again venturing outdoors: a father walking with his daughter on a scooter, children playing with a ball, or locals sunning themselves in a park.

From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026

He found the Cynic sunning himself beside his ceramic home and offered to grant the man any favor or fulfill any request.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

In almost every case, they were nearly motionless at the surface, sunning themselves in the warm morning light.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025

While sunning herself on the beach with Uncle Bryn, Smithy, Nessa and the rest of the Shipman-West crew, she conceded maybe Barry Island wasn't so bad after all.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024

The otter likes to lie on its back in the kelp beds, floating up and down to the motion of the waves, sunning itself or sleeping.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell