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sunbeam

[suhn-beem] / ˈsʌnˌbim /




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It was a sunbeam of grace in the confrontational hellscape we call modern society.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

As Voyager 1 raced past Neptune on its way out of the Solar System, it turned its cameras back towards Earth and photographed a tiny speck, gleaming in a sunbeam.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2023

She was in her grandparents’ house, which her father helped build, “laying on the carpeted floor in a sunbeam coming through the sliding glass door,” she recalled.

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2022

If you’re in the car and your phone is sitting on the passenger seat in a sunbeam, you’ll notice how much faster your battery drains.

From Fox News ● Oct. 24, 2021

A sunbeam streamed through the big glass windows of the Serenity Suite and bathed Aunt Florentine’s alabaster white casket in a golden light.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles


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