brighten
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In a tribute the extended family of five-year-old Nala said "her smile could brighten the darkest day"
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The olive brine acts almost like a finishing seasoning, bringing acidity and salinity that brighten the entire dish.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Rather than trying to brighten the room, he leaned into the moodiness by buying inexpensive, USB battery-powered spotlights that are mounted on the ceiling with magnets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
With Tehran and Washington now having agreed a deal, which is due to be signed Friday in Switzerland, hopes are growing that the outlook will brighten.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
I actually brighten up a bit at this.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
The picture brightens for small U.S. stocks, which have an expected real return of 4.8%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
Each fall, the Taurid meteor shower brightens the night sky from late October through early November.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2025
The sun isn’t to blame for light pollution that brightens the night sky, though — we are.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025
Wendell Pierce, who always brightens the room, co-stars as the exasperated chief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
The light from the white flames brightens her smile through the rain.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Her work focused on periods when the galaxy's X-ray output brightened in flares and on how the X-ray signal evolved in the hours afterward.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
Just as white wine brightened Hemingway’s spirits long ago, it has lately been a bright spot in an otherwise dark time for the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
It will arrive after a fairly quiet year for IPOs that was brightened last week when Cerebras Systems, a Sunnyvale company that makes semiconductors for AI supercomputers, went public.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
The outlook for managed-care players brightened significantly at the start of April.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
As we neared, Mr. Whitby brightened at the sight of us.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
A street artist known as the "Minion Man" has turned his attention to brightening up his area's dirty and vandalised street cabinets.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Already, the technical picture for stocks is brightening, signaling that the rebound in chip stocks and the broader momentum factor seen this week might continue, Kettern wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Despite the uneven distribution of economic gains across sectors, receding risks of an energy-driven inflation crisis are brightening the outlook for South Korea, which is benefiting from unabated demand for AI-related products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
But from where we sat, it was as if we were inside a sun going up at night, the suspended bands of light brightening and intensifying our yellow abode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
A few hours later, the sky was brightening, the fog was lifting, the nighttime animals were slinking home, and the daytime animals were beginning to stir.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
