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coruscated

verb

past tense of coruscate

as in gleamed

to shoot forth bursts of light a classic car from the 1950s, replete with yards of coruscating chrome

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That night, the northern lights gleamed cold and hard, and the moon bathed the whole landscape in bleak, eerie light.

— Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
The 4,202-pipe organ gleamed over us.

— Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026

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After the video assistant referee urged him to watch a replay, however, Claus walked away from the monitor and flashed the red card at Balogun, a judgment many immediately deemed overly harsh.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
East2West footage showed the overnight barrage from inside Kyiv, including a baby sleeping as explosions flashed outside an open window and smoke from an earlier strike rose nearby.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

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After spending some time by the pool, a semi-Olympic lined with emerald and malachite mosaics that glinted in the soft, ambient light, followed by a quick trip to the sauna, I was escorted to my treatment room, about a half-flight of stairs up, where I was met by Marcia, my therapist.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
The silver Chrysler Sebring glinted when the sun kissed the parking lot in Temple, Texas, sitting by its lonesome.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 May 2026

Definition of glinted

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The lithe Pettet then sparkled as Mata Bond, the product of a love affair between Niven’s 007 and the spy Mata Hari, in the Bond spoof Casino Royale (1967).

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026
Didier Deschamps’ side have looked superb at this tournament and Mbappe has sparkled up front with seven goals in five matches.

— Simon Hughes, New York Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of sparkled

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Martinez shined his flashlight on him and said, ‘show me your hands,’ the video shows.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
Prior to getting hurt, Caballero, previously a utilityman, shined as the Yankees’ starting shortstop while Volpe recovered from offseason shoulder surgery.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026

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