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These enormous objects can weigh millions or even billions of times more than the sun, creating some of the strongest gravitational environments known in the universe.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
They broke into cheers and applause, cheered again when the eclipse ended, and once more an hour later when the sun set, a burnished ocher illuminating Léon’s cathedral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
“If the agreement defines a direct competitor as any other company under the sun, that could be considered unreasonable and then that agreement could not be enforceable,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
All this should help him make a success of his daunting role flying close to the sun.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
In fact, once the sun set, Clare found it best to not leave his cottage at all.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
The holes in the colander will project a grid of crescent suns onto the ground.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
In Nepal's eastern plains, rival political flags depicting blue bells and red suns flutter over tea farms and brick homes -- symbols of a local election campaign shaping landmark nationwide polls.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
That is roughly the mass of 19 suns lost annually, an amount large enough to disrupt the supply of material needed to form new stars.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026
Seems bright — a black hole flared with the light of 10 trillion suns.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
In Understanding Our Universe I read that stars are really distant suns.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
A barred owl hooted and shook its feathers in a sycamore above the creek, and red-bellied cooters sunned themselves on half-submerged logs.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
Because the home has been staged, buyers won’t be able to sit at the very kitchen table where the Kardashian clan gossiped over salads, or the poolside lounges where they often sunned themselves.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
She settled on a grassy knoll, sunned herself and took a nap.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
Perched on a pylon, a pelican sunned its wings.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2023
From the rear—particularly where his vertebrae were visible—he might almost have passed for one of those needy metropolitan children who are sent out every summer to endowed camps to be fattened and sunned.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
On the banks of the Waal, the Dutch branch of the Rhine, swimmers are sunning themselves on a Nijmegen beach that didn't exist before the river level dropped a few months ago.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
He can often be seen sunning himself on the dock, with other sea lions dozing or barking away nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
While sunning herself on the beach with Uncle Bryn, Smithy, Nessa and the rest of the Shipman-West crew, she conceded maybe Barry Island wasn't so bad after all.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
Enjoy all the delights that Catalina has to offer, including hiking, kayaking and sunning yourself on the beach, before you start your journey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Florence was standing against the wall, sunning himself in the morning sun that was just now beginning to warm the cool morning air.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
