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also floodlighted
as in illuminated
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Adjective
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For the 19th year, Illumine, an illuminated immersive art event, will take place at Atlanta’s historic Oakland Cemetery.—
Yvonne Zusel,
AJC.com,
17 Apr. 2026 -
The drone shows, as described in the staff report, involve up to 1,000 illuminated aerial drones programmed to autonomously take off up to 660 feet above Mission Bay.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But a heated argument coming from a house in Lee’s neighborhood became the next spark that lit a narrative fuse.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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Tyrese Haliburton, the Indiana Pacers star point guard who lit last year’s NBA Playoffs on fire, is headed to Hollywood — but not via some sort of trade to the Los Angeles Lakers or Clippers.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Tap or click a highlighted area for details.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2026
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The highlighted business is a past winner of a Community Choice Award, and this spotlight was created with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI), using the business’s website, Yelp reviews and online map listings as sources.—
Community's Choice Awards,
jsonline.com,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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For her rare public outing, the teen—whom Beyoncé shares with husband Jay-Z—glowed in a luminous white New Arrivals minidress featuring a strapless design and delicate ruching.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
9 Apr. 2026
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Inside, there was a puzzling, almost magical blue powder that glowed in the dark.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Plus, the light wash can also keep you cooler than darker denim on sunny days.—
Madeline Merinuk,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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The panang curry with peanut added is richer and thicker, but pineapple red curry is a lighter dinner on a warm spring day.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Colorado got back into the game and ignited the crowd with a pair of goals over a four-minute span, as Rafael Navarro and Darren Yapi slipped behind Miami’s defense, which looked disorganized and vulnerable in those moments.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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New surveillance video from inside a Brooklyn liquor store shows another angle of the rough mistaken identity arrest that ignited a firestorm of criticism, offering a different angle as one of the detectives appears to stomp the prone suspect.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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America's hopes for its first high-speed rail were kindled in 2008, when California voters approved a ballot measure for a train connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than three hours.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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This spectacular success kindled a desire in Hersheypark officials to invest heavily in thrill rides.—
John Haddad,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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On occasion, the greatest speeches have come from winners of the less spotlighted awards.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Floodlit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodlit. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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