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Inside, the parlor is mostly dark with brilliant, prismatic lights beaming from the dozens of pinball machines.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
27 Sep. 2025 -
The couple beamed while Douglas wrapped his arm around Zeta-Jones.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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With Saturn now near its equinox, a seasonal milestone that comes only once every 15 Earth years, when sunlight shines directly over the equator, scientists are eager to see how the beads and star arms evolve.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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The night will also shine a spotlight on a lineup of innovators who’ve each shaped the beauty landscape in their own right.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Sunshine Sean needs to lighten the mood and brighten the room.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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In Pynchon’s best works, his bleakness is brightened, in both senses—illuminated and made lighter—by the sweep of his vision and his affection for his fallible, foolhardy, well-meaning, wildly outmatched main characters.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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These enhaloed the heads of models who led the audience down a garden path in New York’s Marble Cemetery into a romantic realm of fairy tale and fantasy.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
14 Dec. 2018
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For more than four years, Lynn Milam's life was bound by the pain that radiated from her swollen joints.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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What had seemed an impossible task transformed into a practical matter of six little arrows, radiating around a central concept.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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There’s something so special about those simple joys — putting on a big cozy jacket, lighting the fireplace, and just settling in together as a family.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
25 Sep. 2025
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Another member of the cast, Teyana Taylor, who was married to former Kings player Iman Shumpert from 2016 to 2024, attended multiple Kings games while the film was in-production and lit the beam after a win.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Beat (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beat%20%28down%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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