beacon

Example Sentences

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Afonydd Cymru, which represents river trusts in Wales, said the proposals provided "a beacon of hope" but urged the government to act quickly.

From BBC

Every January, the global media company publishes the 50 women who have reached a position of status and influence that makes them beacons for others to follow.

From BBC

But they are every bit as deserving of support, and they have been fighting for the same values that once made Hong Kong a beacon of hope for generations of ordinary Chinese.

From The Wall Street Journal

Thanks to Judge Charles Ouslander for his asylum ruling, which shows the U.S. can still be a beacon for liberty and a refuge for dissidents from the world’s cruel authoritarians.

From The Wall Street Journal

In his own life, Luis’ answer to that was if America is supposed to be this multicultural beacon of democracy, then let’s have a space for Chicanos to play a role there.

From Los Angeles Times