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Recent Examples of sunburst
Speaking of lids, they’re crafted with Tupperware’s classic sunburst design and feature the brand’s signature instant seal lid to lock in freshness and prevent leaks and spills.
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2025
Or a spinny orange swirl of spaghetti pomodoro atop Porta’s Tommaso platter, which features sardines in a cerulean sunburst ($198)?
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Featuring a sunburst ombre dial in a range of hues, from silver white to charcoal gray, the face also includes Arabic numerals as a nod to the original 1917 dial.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 14 Nov. 2025
The sunburst trout dish with heirloom tomatoes, Jimmy Nardello sweet peppers, and spices took us both straight back to the Mediterranean.
—Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2025
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2025
Or a spinny orange swirl of spaghetti pomodoro atop Porta’s Tommaso platter, which features sardines in a cerulean sunburst ($198)?
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Featuring a sunburst ombre dial in a range of hues, from silver white to charcoal gray, the face also includes Arabic numerals as a nod to the original 1917 dial.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 14 Nov. 2025
The sunburst trout dish with heirloom tomatoes, Jimmy Nardello sweet peppers, and spices took us both straight back to the Mediterranean.
—Jenn Rice, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunburst
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The structured dress featured a dramatic asymmetrical Art Deco-esque geometric starburst of sequins that fanned out from the waist.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
24 May 2026
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Blending farmhouse style with modern flair, this round table features a starburst woodgrain veneer top and a supportive T-style base.—
Christina Shepherd McGuire,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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Both of those latter cocktails are pure brightness, while the vanilla from the aged rum and the spice from the bitters in the Old Cuban moves it from poolside to inside as if under a slowly twisting ceiling fan in a smoky room, long narrow beams of light through the wooden shutters.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
6 June 2026
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The journalist, Angelina Katsanis, was struck in the knee by a wood beam during a clash between police and demonstrators.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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Days filled with seemingly endless sunlight, tables piled high with fresh seafood and fleetingly in-season strawberries, cozy lakeside cottages… there’s a lot to love about a Scandinavian summer.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
9 June 2026
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One week after Layne was rescued from the hot sunlight, another four puppies were found abandoned in a box left on the side of the road near the Arizona Humane Society's Rob & Melani Walton Papago Park Campus.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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The team compared the chemical properties in the stars to those of stars in the galactic halo, dwarf galaxies, as well as simulated populations.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
27 May 2026
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Unlike limited-production halo cars, the Luce EV will join Ferrari’s regular lineup.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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Matted fur can trap heat and lead to overheating, even when felines are inside resting in a sunbeam.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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His new film Fatherland, like Cold War and Ida, is shot in a lustrous monochrome that turns shadows into punctuation marks and sunbeams into something holy, and that makes its performers, chief among them an incredible Sandra Hüller, look lit from within.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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On the deck of the Manx Steam Packet ferry from Liverpool to the island, Jorge is smoking in the morning sunshine and watching the frothy wake as the ship carves its path.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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In the primary suite, a vaulted ceiling with a skylight let's in even more Southern California sunshine.—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
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Additionally, as neutrino creation is accompanied by gamma-ray emission, the model had to ensure that in creating high-energy neutrinos, blazars didn't generate enough gamma-ray radiation to exceed the extragalactic gamma-ray background measured by the Fermi space telescope.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
28 May 2026
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In terms of upholstery, look for quick-drying materials but also those that have a coating to withstand mildew growth and deal with harsh UV rays without fading.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
28 May 2026
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There were plenty of compelling story lines taking shape as the sun began to dip on the legendary course.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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With its brilliant white surface reflecting the searing Spanish sun, the cross that crowns the Tower of Jesus Christ (the other 17 towers are dedicated to the 12 apostles, four Evangelists and the Virgin Mary) is as tall as a five-story building and weighs around 100 tons.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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“Sunburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunburst. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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