gleam

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Places where glazes gleam like car paint, espumas suspend among dough sheets, croissants of a million layers.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

In Adamuz, where white buildings gleam among orange-lined streets, residents rushed to the town hall with supplies as news of the disaster spread.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

At its site, called Treasure Creek, near Fairbanks, Australian company Felix Gold has found high-grade surface deposits of antimony that gleam in the sunlight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

The gold coins still gleam as if they were new, and he shows us delicate gold and natural pearl earrings, necklace pendants and intricately etched semi-precious stones.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

A tiny gleam catches the corner of my eyes.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na