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[gloh] / gloʊ /




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As dusk gathers and the nightshift get ready for work with a strange breakfast of fillet steak and chocolate brownie pudding, the vessel begins to glow in the gloom.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The film opens on Matt as the movie industry’s latest golden boy, sunlight caressing his tousled blond locks to literalize that he’s basking in the glow of success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

What if a plant facing attack from insects or disease could send out an early-warning signal by, say, emitting a glow or turning its leaves purple?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Around the islands, shallow waters glow in brilliant shades of turquoise, contrasting sharply with the dark blue of the deeper surrounding ocean.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

We sit across from each other, and the candlelight reflects off Grandma’s face, giving her a warm orange glow.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Launched in the clubbing capital of Ibiza, it's targeted toward clubbers and festival-goers, and one of its ingredients, vitamin B2, is naturally luminescent and glows under UV club lights.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The uplighted orrery glows on the faces of two boys who lean into the circuits of solar orbit as it once glowed on the faces of the shepherds and magi at the crib in Bethlehem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026

On my final morning Puistokahvila Makia glows gold against a blue commute.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

Dana relays that if there’s a part of Ilana’s skin that glows, she’ll swab it with a wet, then dry, cotton swab.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

As he kisses her, the bonfire glows brighter.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

September's full Moon glowed across the UK sky on Saturday and many people seemed to have perfect conditions for viewing it.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Arcaded buildings glowed as friends gathered over shisha, families strolled with children and couples lingered over coffee.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Through the cockpit, the city glowed on the horizon, a strip of twinkling lights severing the night sky from the dark Potomac river.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

Like the store’s sign, the sky glowed Big Orange, hex code #F96302, or Pantone 165 C, available in the paint department inside.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026

Red eyes that previously had been cute in the middle of fuzzy faces now glowed menacingly from the darkness, and Jack swore he heard a voice, tiny but clear, reciting something in a strange language.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

They can often produce long glowing trails and fireballs.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

As the rocket climbed above Earth carrying a Dragon spacecraft, sunlight illuminated its expanding exhaust plumes, creating an enormous glowing shape that resembled a jellyfish.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

But he gave a glowing review of his time with the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

On “Souls of Fire,” Mr. Light’s guitar track is reversed—heard backward—to produce briefly glowing orbs of sound that intensify the song’s elegiac mood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

A million of them, crawling on the glowing net we’re trapped on.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer


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