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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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Built from the bones of a 12th-century hostelry, its hub is a vast, glamorous lounge bar complete with mixologists shaking modern-day mocktails under the ancient beams.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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Each had suffered a severe head injury, apparently having been struck by a low-hanging beam on the bridge.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
23 May 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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This is, of course, the complete opposite of what the UV Index was intended for, which was to help people understand the intensity of UV rays in order to make safer decisions about their sun exposure, not to maximize tanning potential.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
22 May 2026
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The release stated that today, a third of sharks, rays and chimaeras are vulnerable to extinction.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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“Sunbeam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunbeam. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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