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sun

[suhn] / sʌn /


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If oil and gas become much more expensive, countries can switch to using more coal, nuclear and green sources like wind and sun, but these switches take time and are very expensive.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 8, 2026

She knows that the sun will always rise again, and that when she exits the Club of Love, she’ll have to face the unbearable truths that the light of a new day reveals.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2026

During the hottest days, they set up a canopy umbrella over their stall to shield them from the sun.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

Their work expanded on Niels Bohr's early atomic model, which pictured electrons orbiting the nucleus much like planets orbit the sun.

From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026

The pines and the distant church steeple sparkled in the winter sun like an old-fashioned Christmas card.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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