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Recent Examples of sunbeam
Here, love is sublime but elusive, like trying to catch a sunbeam in the palm of your hand.
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Jason Lamphier, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
Light streams in from the south side of the cafe, where cats lounge in sunbeams or run on a giant wheel.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 8 Dec. 2025
The camera’s gaze rises to the wall behind Haemi, where a sunbeam briefly appears.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
The hilarious video shared in June by @kayleighmaven, shows the Maine Coon briefly enjoying a sunbeam before suddenly changing his mind and deciding to assault his canine sibling, who was just chilling on the floor nearby.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Jason Lamphier, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
Light streams in from the south side of the cafe, where cats lounge in sunbeams or run on a giant wheel.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 8 Dec. 2025
The camera’s gaze rises to the wall behind Haemi, where a sunbeam briefly appears.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
The hilarious video shared in June by @kayleighmaven, shows the Maine Coon briefly enjoying a sunbeam before suddenly changing his mind and deciding to assault his canine sibling, who was just chilling on the floor nearby.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunbeam
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The cost of the six-story hotel with its Spanish Colonial Revival architecture came in at nearly $1 million, or more than $18 million in today’s money, and featured marble floors, private baths, steel beams, and an electric elevator.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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Puryear has created an outdoor sculpture to honor the late civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis via Bending the Arc, a 34-foot-long beam that Puryear hand-carved in wood and then was 3D-scanned and fabricated in stainless steel.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Newsom was born and bred in a state widely associated with moonbeams, metrosexuality, and macrobiotics.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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No moonbeam, ice cream, or taking off your blue jeans.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Heat said Thursday no MRI was required on Adebayo, with X-rays coming back negative on Tuesday night at Spectrum Center.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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The family's neighbors stepped in to care for Lily while both parents took Henry to the emergency room, and the toddler received X-rays, a CT scan and a neurological exam.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Sunbeam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunbeam. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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