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Derek Carr scored the lone touchdown of the half on a one-yard quarterback sneak for the Raiders, who are trying to keep their own faint playoff hopes from being extinguished.
FITZMAGIC STRIKES AGAIN AS DOLPHINS STUN RAIDERS, BUT TUA TAGOVAILOA REMAINS MIAMI’S STARTERMARK MASKEDECEMBER 27, 2020WASHINGTON POST
In June 2016, a faint star in the constellation Sagittarius brightened a bit.
ROGUE PLANETS WANDER THE GALAXY ALL ALONECHRISTOPHER CROCKETTDECEMBER 23, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Astronomers then compare the brightness of these standard candles with that of fainter ones in nearby galaxies to deduce their distances.
ASTRONOMERS GET THEIR WISH, AND A COSMIC CRISIS GETS WORSENATALIE WOLCHOVERDECEMBER 17, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
A brilliant and lingering supernova may be a once-in-a-few-centuries occurrence, but we’ll have astronomers and the internet to guide our eyes toward a fainter dot.
STARS ARE DYING ALL ACROSS THE GALAXY—WHY DON’T WE SEE THEM?CHARLIE WOODDECEMBER 16, 2020POPULAR SCIENCE
The eROSITA data reveal a faint and previously unknown bubble below the galactic plane, and a matching bubble above.
ENORMOUS X-RAY BUBBLES BALLOON FROM THE CENTER OF THE MILKY WAYEMILY CONOVERDECEMBER 9, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
With a big dish to collect radio waves, Arecibo could see very faint objects.
WHY ARECIBO’S LOSS IS SUCH A BIG DEAL FOR ASTRONOMYMARIA TEMMINGDECEMBER 9, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
She snatched them from him, and burst into a fit of hysterical crying, which ended in a faintness almost as of death.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOOD
After his interview with Eloise, the Colonel had complained of nausea and faintness, and had gone early to bed.
THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMES
The faintness caused by lack of food, the cramps in his limbs from constant kneeling, made him unable to sleep.
ROBERT ANNYS: POOR PRIESTANNIE NATHAN MEYER
May leans against the wall, a terrible sick faintness, born of excitement and hysteria, coming suddenly upon her.
SIX WOMENVICTORIA CROSS
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obnubilateverb (used with object) | [ob-noo-buh-leyt, -nyoo- ]SEE DEFINITION