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In another tale, included in an Anglo-Norman narrative that survives in an illustrated manuscript, Jesus takes off his coat, places it upon a sunbeam and sits upon it.
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Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
Here, love is sublime but elusive, like trying to catch a sunbeam in the palm of your hand.
—Jason Lamphier, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
There’s some great lighting, too, with bloom effects and glints of sunbeams peering through Samus’ visor, as well as the return of the occasional reflection of her face in the helmet’s glass (a detail that blew fans’ collective minds back in 2002).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
The camera’s gaze rises to the wall behind Haemi, where a sunbeam briefly appears.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
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Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
Here, love is sublime but elusive, like trying to catch a sunbeam in the palm of your hand.
—Jason Lamphier, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
There’s some great lighting, too, with bloom effects and glints of sunbeams peering through Samus’ visor, as well as the return of the occasional reflection of her face in the helmet’s glass (a detail that blew fans’ collective minds back in 2002).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
The camera’s gaze rises to the wall behind Haemi, where a sunbeam briefly appears.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Sunbeam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sunbeam. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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sunbeam
noun
sun·beam
-ˌbēm 
: a ray of sunlight
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