as in to glow
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The glowing ribbon of the Milky Way tumbles directly through this cosmic triangle before arcing towards the southern horizon, though its diffuse light will be hidden behind a veil of moonlight on the night of the full moon.
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Nobody writes a glowing reference for the person who stole their idea.
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These crispy miniature cones are typically filled with chives and creamy crème fraîche, heavily topped with premium Siberian osetra caviar, and finished with shimmering gold leaf.
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Both for the islanders and for us, the summer shimmers with a hallucinatory mixture of languor and emotional speed, as summers do in childhood.
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Fifty years later, his military haircut glistens with silver from a lifetime serving in fatigues.
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The lake that formerly covered the work was far out, glistening nearly out of sight, and the sand cracked beneath our feet.
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An acre of gleaming stainless steel and people in white lab coats busily believing this.
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Manifest a championship victory with a gleaming chrome trophy manicure.
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Meanwhile, Alabama’s hunnakay runs with that vampiric vibe by dropping in punchlines that sound beamed in from the afterlife.
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The scans are made by synchrotron scanners, which are massive particle accelerators that can beam high-power x-rays at the object, revealing its inner layers down to the atomic level.
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My virtual self was standing below a glittering night sky at the Multiple Mirror Telescope at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Whipple Observatory.
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Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Gold not glittering As for gold, while the yellow metal has traditionally been sought out by kings and paupers throughout history alike, the anaemic gold price has puzzled experts.
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Camilla glimmered at a 2015 Royal Academy Annual Dinner in London in the floral Cubitt Tiara, which The Court Jeweller reported was an antique diamond piece that belonged to her grandmother, Sonia Keppel Cubitt, which Camilla inherited from her mother, Rosalind Cubitt Shand.
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To his left is a black car with a bulky, rounded frame, glimmering in the deluge.
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Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions.
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But good things tend to happen for the Phillies when Schwarber shines — and the second half isn’t even here yet.
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“Luminesce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminesce. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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