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light

[lahyt] / laɪt /












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Researchers from the University of Strathclyde and Durham University have developed a proposed detection technique that uses molecules capable of emitting light with distinct left and right-handed properties.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Shabana Mahmood pledged the cash in light of challenges faced by the force following the deaths, which followed a pursuit on the A66 at South Bank, near Middlesbrough, on 22 August.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

After this came to light, Judge Wingate replaced the TRO without explaining.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

At a later press conference, Baron Cohen -- as himself -- defended satire as the quintessential format for "shining a light on, maybe, subjects that we haven't really discussed as a society before."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

These connections are so fine that they cannot be seen through a conventional light microscope.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

When asked about an additional prosecution experiment that involves the lighter prosecutors believe ignited the blaze, Haney said that testing “will be central in trial two.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

More defined, but lighter than his playing days when he said his weight would range between 118kg and 135kg.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

I know that’s a pretty heavy story to wade through, so my colleagues have put together a few lighter reads to help you refocus:

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

It already had a lighter facelift for Nintendo's handheld 3DS in 2011.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Now the cleaves were lighter and closer together: it had slowed to a walk.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Still, the new theoretical framework could give researchers a powerful way to expand future searches and use Earth's natural electromagnetic environment as a tool for probing some of the lightest possible forms of dark matter.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold8 is the lightest book-style foldable phone on the market, but that’s not the headline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

By contrast, the lightest Specs model weighs 132 grams.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

It was befitting of an important office job, with only the lightest indicators of riches and omnipotence.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

He could just make out her hair, the lightest thing in the gloom, and beside it the boy’s head, black-haired and solid and strong.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Clarkson paid $5.45 million for the compound, which includes a Colonial-style main house, a guesthouse, a lighted tennis court, and a pool.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

She was hanging up her jacket when her phone lighted up with his reply.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In the brightly lighted foyer, Valentyna Kyselova adjusts her hair in one of the gilded mirrors, then poses for a selfie with a friend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

He admits he wrote to an associate choreographer asking if there was a solution — possibly making them from plastic foam — and was politely reminded that they would be lighted on fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

A fat-bellied man waddled out of the shop with a lighted torch, thrust it into a bracket beside the door, and waddled back inside.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Since then the Houthis have made a lighting advance along the Red Sea coast, and they have now completely cut off Yemen's third largest city, Taiz.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Unlike most Mastcam photographs, the images were processed without white balancing, allowing the scene to retain the distinctive colors and lighting of the Martian morning.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: This sleek, refillable lighter combines classy design and a clever lighting mechanism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

On “Heal My Faith,” the rapper who first gained mainstream attention by lighting the pop chart’s sacred cows afire wonders why we can’t all just get along.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

My desire to serve this movement is pumping through me, lighting me up inside like a string of lights beaming energy through my body.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Heading into the final 20 minutes, with the match evenly poised 19-17 in Canada's favour, England winger Jess Breach's eyes lit up as she intercepted a pass from Justine Pelletier.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Meanwhile, stroads are often poorly lit at night, Sanders added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

So two games into the National League Championship Series, guess which team’s relief corps has been lights out and which one has been lit up?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

I have a feeling those birthday candles lit a fire under you.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

I marveled at how far she’d lit from the wagon.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck


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