shone
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verb
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The weather in this part of the world can be downright vengeful, but the next day, as we drove deeper into the Westfjords, the sun shone with genuine warmth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
In the former work, Ms. Nadon shone with poetic grandeur; in the latter, she exuded introspective mystery and a luminous presence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
His star shone brightly enough for the group to brand its collections "Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello", while celebrity fans from Kate Moss, Dua Lipa, Zoe Saldana and Hailey Bieber gave him cross-generation appeal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Soccer’s much ballyhooed “golden generation,” it was a performance that hardly shone and a sign that whatever progress the federation has made over the past two decades hasn’t gone as far as hoped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
I shone my headlamp on Black Star to see if he had heard them, too.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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