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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lighting (up)
glowing
Verb
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Remember to be patient as auroras may arrive in quiet bursts, glowing faintly before becoming vibrant waves of color.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025 -
Some say the glowing eyes belong to the ghost of a soldier who lost his head to cannon fire during the battle of Chickamauga.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Lighting (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lighting%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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