radiate
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Cordido's eyes can't help but radiate with gratitude when he speaks about the volunteer rescuers who pulled him from the ruins of Venezuela's double earthquake, which killed more than 2,600 people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
As I ambled past groups doing yoga and vacationing families lounging on the grass, pain started to radiate through my ankles and up my shinbones before settling uncomfortably in my hips.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
In 1974, Stephen Hawking showed that black holes radiate heat and can eventually evaporate, apparently erasing all information about what fell into them — contradicting the quantum principle that evolution must preserve information.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
With a limestone and stucco façade that’s designed to radiate the warm California light, guests can enter through two entrances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
From those two spots, the cases radiate outward along the two central roadways that happen to cut through both neighborhoods.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Splayed in an armchair in a Midtown Manhattan hotel with views of a fog-shrouded Rockefeller Center, Richards still radiates roguish, live-wire energy at 82.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Durga Devi finds no relief after a day working in New Delhi's sweltering summer, because her poorly ventilated home radiates trapped heat, leaving her bedroom as hot as 45 degrees at night.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
"Killer heat warnings" reads the Metro's headline, as Western Europe's "heat dome" covering Italy, Spain and France radiates across the English Channel.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Teenagers everywhere fell under the spell of Rice’s vampires in the mid-‘80s with an ardor that AMC’s “The Vampire Lestat” radiates through the devotion of his superfans.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
It relates the temperature of an object to the total amount of light energy it radiates.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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The resulting device can control the direction in which heat is radiated, switch that behavior on or off, and retain its configuration even after the power has been turned off.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
In 1967, his black evening gown with cape radiated simplicity in form and draping even as it also referenced the attire of Catholic priests.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
To get there, she jumped, radiated and hair-flipped through an exuberant free program set to Donna Summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
When speaking about Good she said "kindness radiated out of her".
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
The cabins radiated permanence and in turn summoned timeless feelings in those who lived and died in them: envy and spite.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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Instead of simply radiating outward, thermal energy can effectively tunnel across the narrow gap through electromagnetic waves.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
Buses are infrequent and haphazard, while the subway has only six trundling lines radiating out from the centre, making connections impossible without going all the way in and then all the way out again.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Over the course of a month, notice which ingredients disappear almost embarrassingly fast and which ones slowly expire in the back of your crisper drawer while radiating guilt.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Disabled after a childhood accident, Belle spent most of her time indoors, radiating a sadness that even at the age of 4 made Gilberg worry for her safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
But I remember the way she didn’t want to look at me, the embarrassment radiating from her and leaking into my skin, too.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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