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lens

[lenz] / lɛnz /


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Nobody in the colonies liked the Stamp Tax, and protests broke out all around the British Empire, but Ms. Pearsall’s wider lens reveals that “protest did not lead inexorably to revolution.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

His America, as filtered through the lens of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground production company, is a land of well-meaning people.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026

You can’t squint past the distracting lens flares.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

Goetz, however, views the competitive landscape through a much longer lens.

From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026

At one of these ends there was an enormous camera on wheels, and a whole army of Oompa-Loompas was clustering around it, oiling its joints and adjusting its knobs and polishing its great glass lens.

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl




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