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light (on or upon)

verb

Definition of light (on or upon)next
as in to find
to come upon unexpectedly or by chance the novelist lit upon the plot for his latest thriller while visiting a remote lighthouse in Maine

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  1. find
  2. encounter
Verb
  • At least 211 people were rescued from an Indonesian ferry that caught fire last month in rough seas near the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, while one person was found dead and four others remained missing.
    — IMAN SATRIA, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Later’s 2026 research on Gen-Z creator ROI found that trust and authentic creator relationships matter more to conversions than simply maximizing reach, while over-scripting creators can undermine that trust.
    — Sergi Cerrato, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of find
Verb
  • Most of them joke about seeing smiley faces in public, like one user who encountered Verity on a truck bed.
    — Owen Carry, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Wendy Doremus first encountered Biggart through a cousin in the late 1960s.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of encounter
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“Light (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/light%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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