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sunbeam

[suhn-beem] / ˈsʌnˌbim /




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It was a sunbeam of grace in the confrontational hellscape we call modern society.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

As Voyager 1 raced past Neptune on its way out of the Solar System, it turned its cameras back towards Earth and photographed a tiny speck, gleaming in a sunbeam.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2023

When the sun is near the horizon, the light travels through more air, and almost all of the shorter wavelengths have been removed from the original sunbeam.

From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023

If you’re in the car and your phone is sitting on the passenger seat in a sunbeam, you’ll notice how much faster your battery drains.

From Fox News ● Oct. 24, 2021

The camera would cut to a field of ragged crows and then to a freckle-faced woman who sat in a sunbeam examining her knuckles.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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