beacon
Example Sentences
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Bonds are an excellent barometer of broader investor sentiment and usually act as an early beacon for rougher seas ahead.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
Dyer's great-grandmother said her grandson had been the family's "final beacon of hope" after a "relentless sequence of tragedies".
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
Our hope is that this ranking will become a beacon that helps companies find their path into the future.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
It is both audacious and completely appropriate, but it is also a moment for the audience, it is a mountain top, it is a beacon of hope.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
Did the wind come suddenly, I wondered, in a funnel from the beacon on the hill, and did the little boat heel to it, shivering, the white sail flat against a breaking sea.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing beacon
George H.W. Bush (1924 -2018) Tribute List
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