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Cooked over a crackling fire, surrounded by pitch pines, lightning bugs and scurrying squirrels, even something simple like a skillet of nachos can go from good to remarkable.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
Catching lightning bugs under the late in the day sunset with friends.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 3 July 2025
As hundreds of lightning bugs illuminated the night at Blue Spring, all guests gazed in awe at this natural miracle, noting how remarkable and rare this phenomenon is becoming.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Some of the lightning bug species most vulnerable to extinction need very specific habitats to survive.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
Catching lightning bugs under the late in the day sunset with friends.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 3 July 2025
As hundreds of lightning bugs illuminated the night at Blue Spring, all guests gazed in awe at this natural miracle, noting how remarkable and rare this phenomenon is becoming.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Some of the lightning bug species most vulnerable to extinction need very specific habitats to survive.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for lightning bug
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“Lightning bug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lightning%20bug. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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