lantern
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Citrus lingers — oranges, grapefruit, tangerines — holding onto the last of their brightness like a lantern carried through fog.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
Following the incident, Bristol City Council released images of an elephant carved in ivory, an ivory statue of the Buddha, a ship lantern and an Emancipation token.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
Held mid-December each year, the festival acts as a platform to highlight the region's famed lantern industry, which first started more than 100 years ago.
From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025
At night by lantern light, he read Churchill’s six-volume history of World War II.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
I ran down into the valley toward an oasis where a grove of poplar trees swayed like lantern flames.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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