lamp
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Cundiff compares the effect to a lighthouse that sweeps a beam across the horizon as its lamp rotates.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
There were a few small banners on lamp posts along freeways and a few billboards but it felt like functional promotion rather than excitement.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
On one lamp in the studio, tentacles hold up cylindrical copper spires with submarine-style looking glasses to reveal a small bulb inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
The possessions in question, such as a spice collection and a leg-shaped lamp, may have seemed trivial, but the topic was extremely sensitive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
I could see it now beneath her long wool cape, glittering in the light of the lamp as she raised her arm.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Biers added that collectors have many uses for the remains, ranging from the ritualistic to some being turned into things like lamps and earrings.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
“The lamps kept moving, the house kept shaking and I just hugged my father and we located ourselves under a door frame,” said Elsa Campos, a teacher who lives in the hard-hit east of Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Patni commemorated Akash with a framed photograph and a life-size cutout, decorated with flowers and surrounded by scattered rose petals and lit lamps.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Capybara merch is wildly popular in the zoo’s gift shops, which sell 25,000 capybara-themed items a year: almost 7,000 plush toys, plus keychains, backpacks, cups, caps, bottles, slippers, and lamps.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
There was no electricity, only a few hurricane lamps casting a dull glow.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
