twinkle

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The winning stock might not exist yet: Today’s superstars like Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft and leading consumer brands like Nike, McDonald’ and Walmart weren’t even a twinkle in their founders’ eyes in 1926.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

“When you’ll see what I’m wearing … you’ll see that I don’t play,” he says with a twinkle in his eye.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Their goal was to understand how the pulsar's radio signal appears to "twinkle" as it travels through clouds of gas on its way to Earth.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

But as “Starring Dick Van Dyke” establishes, the agile song-and-dance man with a perpetual twinkle in his eye is much more than that.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

There was a teasing twinkle in Miss Mortimer’s eye, but she was intent on securing Penelope’s sworn promise.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood