illuminate
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Del Brocco stressed that the role of the church is “not to align itself with power, but to illuminate it with the moral demands of the Gospel.”
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
At night, the lights that illuminate the bridge shimmer like mini moons in the waters below.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
He calls his current book “a romp through art and literary history,” one meant to take in “figures and moments that illuminate various facets of this eternal dilemma”—the problem of the working artist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Yosemite National Park is bracing for thousands of visitors who will descend on the area to see the setting sun illuminate a waterfall so that it looks like fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
The gene—the fundamental unit of heredity—must also be made of subunits, he reasoned, and the structure of DNA should illuminate these subunits.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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