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glow

[gloh] / gloʊ /




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The glow is most pronounced on the yellow underside of their bodies and along their sides.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

It’s both the opportunity of a lifetime and a descent into a pitch-black basement with nothing but the glow of her soul to light the way.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

As dusk gathers and the nightshift get ready for work with a strange breakfast of fillet steak and chocolate brownie pudding, the vessel begins to glow in the gloom.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The film opens on Matt as the movie industry’s latest golden boy, sunlight caressing his tousled blond locks to literalize that he’s basking in the glow of success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

It vibrates in my hands, and the glyphs glow in response.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The uplighted orrery glows on the faces of two boys who lean into the circuits of solar orbit as it once glowed on the faces of the shepherds and magi at the crib in Bethlehem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026

A video published by BBC Persian from Karaj shows booms upon the horizon, as the night sky lights up with blue and red glows.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

On my final morning Puistokahvila Makia glows gold against a blue commute.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

Dana relays that if there’s a part of Ilana’s skin that glows, she’ll swab it with a wet, then dry, cotton swab.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

The sky above me glows like the ancient patina of saints.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

I hailed a passing cab and we sped the dozen blocks to the restaurant, which glowed in the darkness ahead like a lighthouse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

In some locations, the sky glowed brightly enough for people to read newspapers at night.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

September's full Moon glowed across the UK sky on Saturday and many people seemed to have perfect conditions for viewing it.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Arcaded buildings glowed as friends gathered over shisha, families strolled with children and couples lingered over coffee.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

The scant dawn glowed through the tiny window.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

The new wing’s irregular, mysterious form and overlapping stainless-steel panels catch unique swathes of glowing sunlight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

It left De Zerbi glowing with positivity, despite another injury setback for Maddison, as he highlighted a team meeting earlier this month that sparked their revival in fortunes.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Against this shimmering backdrop, the bright yellow branches appeared to rise from the seafloor like glowing trees surrounded by stars.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

On “Souls of Fire,” Mr. Light’s guitar track is reversed—heard backward—to produce briefly glowing orbs of sound that intensify the song’s elegiac mood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

It all felt so strangely unfamiliar that Clare might have wandered for a long while, had it not been for the single, warm light glowing from somewhere deep in the forest.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman


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