afterglows

plural of afterglow

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Noun
  • The moment carries echoes of that famous photograph from a half-century ago.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026
  • The vintage tents, antique furniture and echoes of early exploration certainly encourage nostalgia.
    Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • One was a rotating disc that sent out beams of light.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • The interior measures 420 sq ft (39 sq m) and is finished in shiplap and drywall, with a tongue-and-groove feature wall and exposed timber beams, which are a nice touch.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • A number of denouements follow in All That’s Left of You, including a jump forward into 2022, when Hanan and Salim, who now live in Canada, go back to Jaffa and find Salim’s old family home, a run-down oasis of the past in a city determined to forget its history.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • However, the material that swirls around the black hole can heat up and glow due to friction and tidal forces, emitting radio waves and X-rays.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
  • She was immediately admitted and underwent chest X-rays, which revealed a 10 cm mass in her chest.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • A student placed into an advanced course without the necessary foundation may fail, losing both time and financial resources, while also facing academic and psychological repercussions that extend beyond a single term.
    Troy Holaday, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Prior discussions on repercussions Fear of unknown repercussions, specifically from the General Assembly, was part of CRTPO member and Mineral Springs’ Mayor Rick Becker’s reasoning for not dissolving the funding agreement.
    Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • Thanks to a coronal mass ejection, auroras could be visible as far south as Oregon, Illinois, and New York.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 12 June 2026
  • But Meir made good use of her temporary surroundings, capturing truly incredible images (and even video) of auroras over Earth from the Dragon.
    Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981) The first Indiana Jones movie – with lots of Nazi-punching and world-shaking religious implications – is the perfect action adventure.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 June 2026
  • The latest work examined the internal arrangement and segregation of the reactor system, shielding requirements, and the impact on cargo deck layout and vehicle capacity, alongside stability and trim implications linked to the reactor’s weight and positioning.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Historically, shoppers relied on design strategies — halos, clusters and chunkier settings — to create the illusion of size.
    Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
  • Guests brought to life looks that referenced papal garments and displayed biblical artifacts like crosses, angel wings and halos.
    Luis Giraldo, CBS News, 4 May 2026
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“Afterglows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterglows. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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