Word: glimmering
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However, there are—sometimes, somewhere-—reasons not to lament our depressing mediocrity: the sudden appearance of cowboy or slouchy or moon boots, the occasional glimmer of jewel tones and some one-off cigarette-cut jeans. Closet fashionistas (pun intended) and savvy retailers conspire to save the student population from utter ugliness...
...just when I thought it would never abate, I was given a glimmer of hope. It was hope, not so much for America, but for my pride, for my ability to say something in response to the taunt which endlessly repeats in my head like a broken record, “but, the American people actually chose him this time...
Republicans were poised to maintain control of both houses of Congress, though a resounding Senate victory in Illinois for Barack Obama, the charismatic Harvard Law School graduate, was a glimmer of good news for Democrats on an otherwise somber evening...
...sees, in the distance, a familiar silhouette. Relishing the fact that you’re no longer a first-year and have a dependable web of college friends, you prepare to reopen the lines of communication for yet another year. As you approach your friend, the glimmer of recognition begins. You confidently make eye contact, and shine a megawatt, albeit goofy, smile. As you begin to raise your arm to say “hey,” you witness something truly shocking...
Despite the devastation of the bombings, some said that they found a small glimmer of hope in the political shake up that followed the attacks...