scintillate
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Liverpool certainly didn't scintillate with their display in the Midlands but they showed the resilience of champions.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
Space telescopes see the universe undistorted by Earth’s atmosphere, whose shifting air causes stars to scintillate, or twinkle, and whose gas molecules block many wavelengths entirely, including much of the infrared.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 14, 2022
Its luminous blue twilight sky and inky shadows scintillate while New Yorkers with little skull faces go about their business.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2021
Serving that theme means not adding scintillating fictional details just to scintillate and, more importantly, not perpetuating harmful stereotypes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2019
A number of small shining objects began to dance and scintillate in the darkness beyond.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid
Kevin De Bruyne scintillated throughout, with Riyad Mahrez closely behind.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 21, 2019
The American consumer world is thrilled into electric activity, the rubbish scintillated and redeemed.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 8, 2017
The Dutch midfielder’s added-time header came as City scintillated before the break and seriously ran out of gas after it.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2016
It was as large as half a mat; it was multicolored, and it scintillated.
From Time Magazine Archive
What struggle there was in him between Nature and Grace in this interval, I cannot tell: only singular gleams scintillated in his eyes, and strange shadows passed over his face.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Annuities and insurance aren’t the most scintillating subjects, but ignoring them could prove costly, writes MarketWatch columnist Beth Pinsker.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
He also produced some of the most scintillating soccer around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Probably most impressive, a category closely followed by economists known as real final sales rose at a scintillating 3.9% annual pace — the highest reading in more than three years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Ben Duckett's scintillating century built on an inspirational bowling spell from Ben Stokes to haul England back into the decisive third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
The train stopped, and the car door opened to scintillating colors.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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