as in to beam
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The royals met Swift and her now-fiancé, Travis Kelce, backstage and beamed in selfies that the singer and Prince William shared to social media.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026 -
And there were a number of live reports being beamed back to Argentina as training took place.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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Lincoln-Sudbury led 9-2 at halftime as Dooley continued to shine, adding three more goals, pumping his first-half total up to five.—
Erik Anderson,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
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And on the rare days when the sun isn't shining, there’s a large indoor pool along with table tennis and a foosball table.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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More than one person shared that Leah could brighten someone's day without even realizing it simply because kindness came so naturally to her.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Venus conjoins Jupiter in Cancer, brightening your 3rd House of Communication with warmth, sincerity, and useful connection.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
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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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Insulate sun-facing walls and garage doors to block heat from radiating inside.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
2 June 2026
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Your beauty radiates from your core.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
29 May 2026
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Hunters often lit blazing fires, which disoriented and frightened the elk, and as many animals as possible were killed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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This type of signage became so ubiquitous and so grotesquely huge across the city as businesses advertised and competed for visual attention that they were forcefully phased out by the government in the 2010s and replaced by Korean letters tastefully cut out to be lit from within instead.—
Anton Hur,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
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“Beat (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beat%20%28down%29. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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