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ray

[rey] / reɪ /


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"There wasn't a single ray of light coming through a crack in the rubble; despair threatened to overwhelm me," Cordido told AFP from his daughter's house in Caracas.

From Barron's • Jul. 4, 2026

Writer and executive producer of the show Laura Wade said Dame Jilly was like a ray of "human sunshine", but had one memorable piece of criticism of the show.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

For every simulation, the researchers calculated both neutrino production and the related gamma ray emission, then compared the results with real observations.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Stocks have gyrated on any ray of hope coming out of the Middle East, and that makes sense.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

I draw a sweeping abstract something that’s a cross between an amoeba and a manta ray with eyes and mouths in unexpected places.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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