rays

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These are generally about other people, or being embedded in the band, and rays of light are allowed to break through, if sometimes tentatively.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Both light sources darken skin through the same biological process: UV rays change the structure and chemical profile of DNA in the skin, which then produces more melanin in order to prevent further damage.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

A photography student at a university has created unique works of art using cosmic rays high above the earth.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Behind my thin lids, the rays almost hurt my pupils.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

The tree’s autumnal leaves trembled, reminding navigator Valya Kravchenko of “little yellow flames, in the rays of the setting sun.”

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein