amber
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Scientists have uncovered hidden fossil insects inside pieces of amber that once belonged to the famed German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
Two of those specimens turned out to contain fossilized animals that were nearly impossible to see with the naked eye because the amber pieces were never polished.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
Our politics are trapped in amber, our culture is frozen in ice.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
For decades, L.A.’s hazy blue days and golden pink dusks have given way to nights speckled with golden orange, where amber streetlights twinkle across hills, valleys and coastal plain like stars in the sky.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
The only difference: her eyes glow crystal blue, like the color of the water in the Royal Harbor, while mine are an amber brown like my sisters'.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Vocabulary lists containing amber
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