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As we wait for the light to change, he stares at my face like he’s trying to memorize it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
In a teaser video released on social media, Star and Lewis explained how the song came to light.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Much of the country has been shocked this past week as details of the case of the “Cornell Seven” have come to public light.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
Today’s advanced AI models have something critical to human oversight called a “chain of thought”: It’s a written record meant to shed light on the data they process and the actions they take.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
His eye shot open just as, in the distant forest, the emerald light of Progress clapped out.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Then bringing them together and not feeling like we have to make it pop or saturate the music or make the drums lighter and more radio-friendly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
In a lighter moment earlier, the mayor, wearing a gray suit, had joined a tiara-wearing Miss Huntington Beach in selecting winners of a lottery—to run fireworks stands—from numbered balls in a bingo cage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Carbon isotopes -- heavier or lighter forms of the element -- provide information about the origins of biological material that accumulated billions of years ago.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
The audio-only version is cheaper than its camera-enabled cousins, and Meta says it has a lighter frame and better battery life.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
But, surprisingly, it makes me feel a lot lighter than I expected.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
Their central supermassive black holes may then have become locked in a gravitational struggle that launched the lightest black hole toward the edge of the combined galaxy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold8 is the lightest book-style foldable phone on the market, but that’s not the headline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
By contrast, the lightest Specs model weighs 132 grams.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
It was befitting of an important office job, with only the lightest indicators of riches and omnipotence.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Her skin is the lightest brown, silky smooth.
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The commercial sector, including the iconic Strip lighted up by flashing neon signs that flank air-conditioned clubs and casinos, accounts for about two-fifths of the city’s total electricity demand, according to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
As the music intensifies, so does the questioning, as Fielder continues to push Holmes and Evans about what’s real and what’s being hidden from him as moodily lighted close-up shots flash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
He admits he wrote to an associate choreographer asking if there was a solution — possibly making them from plastic foam — and was politely reminded that they would be lighted on fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
There is also a sizable swimming pool overlooking a fenced, lighted tennis court, as well as a serene pond with a charming bridge pathway running over it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
They took the left hand way and found themselves in a passage that was hardly lighted at all and which soon began going down steps.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
There are calls for Israel to allow higher quality shelters into the territory as well as equipment to upgrade latrines and sanitation as well as lighting.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
In Paramount, even enhanced lighting and cameras weren’t enough to keep thieves away from the “Battlefield Cross and Soldier” art piece outside the city’s civic center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
My mother remarked, approvingly, that the lighting didn’t give her a migraine.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Heedless of this fact, automakers continue to place complex lighting and signal clusters in harm’s way, which is contributing to soaring collision-repair costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
He’d gotten as far as digging out an extra Shabbat candle and lighting it, but at the last minute lost his nerve.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Since 1980, only two Summer Games have featured a cauldron lit by a non-Olympic or Paralympic athlete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
"If you look at the images, the letters lit up like a Christmas tree," Seiler said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
She showed her son, who had been so involved in helping her find the artist in the first place, and his eyes lit up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
As win percentages flashed up on screen, and sparklers lit up the dark backdrop as athletes posed with their trophies, athletics attempted to take its first steps in a brand new direction.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Smoke rose from chimneys, and windows were lit with candles.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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