sun
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Her practice doesn’t stop when the sun goes down.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Tony Dong, the founder and owner of ETF Portfolio Blueprint, questions “the need to securitize everything under the sun and package it into an ETF.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Between the lack of sun below deck for some nonpilot personnel and rooms packed with triple-bunk beds, the conditions on vessels like the Lincoln can be difficult to bear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Alexis Milan waits with his blind 17-year-old son for the sun to disappear behind the horizon of Central Havana, so they can head to the roof.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
He stands, feet firmly planted on ground, his hand over his eyes blocking the blinding sun.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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
The background of the artwork echoes Van Gogh's Starry Night with two suns hanging in the sky that aim to represent the meeting of the two artists and their styles.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
Current cutting-edge simulations can represent systems with the equivalent mass of about one billion suns, far below the more than 100 billion stars that make up the Milky Way.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2025
Seems bright — a black hole flared with the light of 10 trillion suns.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
Huygens did not shrink from this conclusion; he embraced it gladly: Across the sea of space the stars are other suns.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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
On a recent afternoon, two tourists — cousins from Sao Paulo — sunned on a wooden pier after bathing in the Rio Negro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
At home, Baldwin sunned in his mother’s love and cared for his little sisters and brothers, changing diapers, minding the little ones and reprimanding the older ones.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2015
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
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
He has been to the spot where he was attacked at least 30 times and while he has seen alligators before, they usually are sunning on the back or stay far away.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
They tramped up a hill and down into a heavily wooded valley, careful to avoid the black-and-red-striped snakes sunning themselves on the rocks.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
