as in to beam
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Recently, at the East Hampton Library’s Authors’ Night, attendees could find Christie Brinkley beaming from ear to ear and signing copies of her memoir, Uptown Girl.—
Izzy Baskette,
People.com,
17 Aug. 2025 -
Once Elio is beamed up to space, the aliens mistake him for the leader of Earth.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Terence Stamp, the strikingly handsome British actor who embodied the swinging sixties and whose versatility shone in Billy Budd, Superman and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, died Sunday, his family told The New York Times.—
Rhett Bartlett,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Aug. 2025
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This method prevents overcrowding and gives each plant its own space to shine.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Aug. 2025
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After predictably dimming for multiple months, the stellar explosion inexplicably began brightening again.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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Pro tip: Go one shade lighter to instantly brighten and lift your undereye area.—
Allure,
Allure,
8 Aug. 2025
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Still, the brightest Perseids should shine through, especially during the predawn hours when the constellation Perseus — from which the meteors appear to radiate, hence the shower's name — climbs high in the northeastern sky.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The shower originates from debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle and appears to radiate from the constellation Perseus in the northeastern sky.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Sit down with the employee and ask what actually lights them up.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Elizabeth Hinton has claimed that the inhabitants of the Bronx lit more fires than their landlords did.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Beat (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beat%20%28down%29. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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